Gearbox change for Rosberg

[Galileo]

Will he have to take a five grid place drop for German GP for replacing his gearbox?

Assuming they have to change the box, and it's not fixable.

[Pixelpeep]

i thought you only get a penalty if they are changed during Parc fermé or if they are out of their allocated spares.

He didn't finish the race, so he can change it ready for the next one with no penalty?

That's my understanding anyway.

[oyster]

Galileo said:

Will he have to take a five grid place drop for German GP for replacing his gearbox?

Assuming they have to change the box, and it's not fixable.

I thought if they did it as part of a retirement from a race then it goes unpunished?

[afrochicken]

The relevant regulation-

28.6 For the purposes of this Article only, an Event will be deemed to comprise P3, the qualifying practice session and the race.
a) Each driver may use no more than one gearbox for six consecutive Events in which his team competes. Should a driver use a replacement gearbox he will drop five places on the starting grid at that Event and an additional five places each time a further gearbox is used.
Any replacement gearbox will only be required to complete the remainder of the Event in question.
Unless the driver fails to finish the race (or is unable to start the race for reasons other than a penalty imposed by the stewards) the gearbox fitted to the car at the end of the Event must remain in it for the remainder of the six race sequence. Any driver who failed to finish the race at the first, second, third, fourth or fifth of the six Events for reasons which the technical delegate accepts as being beyond the control of the team or driver, may start the following Event with a different gearbox without a penalty being incurred.

He won't take a penalty