Vandoorne hit with gearbox penalty

11:15, 30 Sep 2018
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Stoffel Vandoorne is the latest driver to drop to the back of the grid after taking a five-place grid penalty for a change of gearbox. The Belgian had qualified in 19th position but due to other penalties had been set to move up five places.
The penalty means he will drop behind Lance Stroll on the grid, the only driver to finish qualifying behind Vandoorne, the McLaren driver will start the race from 15th position rather than 14th.
Vandoorne's teammate Fernando Alonso will start one place behind in 16th with the Toro Rosso pair of Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley as well as the Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen behind, the latter picking up another grid penalty after qualifying for ignoring yellow flags.

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