Sergio P\u00e9rez violently went off track – after losing control of his car at turn 5 – on Saturday afternoon during the second part of qualifying, causing significant damage to his McLaren.<\/p>\n
The team was able to repair the MP4-28 in time for the race that will take place in a few hours, but the gearbox had to be changed. Therefore, the Mexican driver receives a 5-place penalty on the starting grid in Brazil, as stipulated by the regulations when a gearbox change occurs before the limit of the 5 regulatory Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Qualified 14th despite his accident at the end of Q2, P\u00e9rez will therefore finally start from the 19th position on the starting grid.<\/p>\n
This penalty benefits Button, Sutil, Maldonado, Guti\u00e9rrez, and Pic, who all gain a position on the grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After his accident in Q2 yesterday during the Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying, Sergio P\u00e9rez’s mechanics had to replace the gearbox of his McLaren. The regulations stipulate a 5-place penalty for a gearbox change, so P\u00e9rez will start 19th for his last Grand Prix with the Woking team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[947,1195,1204],"class_list":["post-16362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-mclaren","tag-penalite","tag-perez"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n