F1: Webber Gets Grid Penalty

Formula 1

F1: Webber Gets Grid Penalty

A gearbox change has dropped Mark Webber to seventh on the Canadian GP starting grid...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted June 13, 2010 Montreal (CAN)

Mark Webber has two wins this season. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Mark Webber has had to drop five places on the Montreal grid after a gearbox change.

The Aussie drops to seventh, which means that Sebastian Vettel is alongside Lewis Hamilton on the front row, with Fernando Alonso moving up to third on the more favorable side of the track.

Jenson Button starts fourth, Tonio Liuzzi fifth, and Felipe Massa sixth.

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005. Check out Adam's Blog or follow him on Twitter

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