Four-time world champion Lewis Hamilton will be penalized with five places on the starting grid at the Bahrain Grand Prix as a result of a gearbox change, his Mercedes team and race organizers announced.
The change would be motivated by a “hydraulic leak”, revealed the Mercedes team on Twitter.
Hamilton finished the first day of free trials with the fourth fastest time, 655 thousandths behind Finn Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari). AFP
Hamilton sanctioned with five places on the grid in Bahrain
