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Rosberg starts sixth in Austria

The FIA has confirmed the provisional grid for Sunday's Austrian GP, with championship leader Nico Rosberg to start sixth. Although Rosberg picked up a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change after a crash in final practice, the Mercedes driver only actually drops four places on the grid, from second to sixth. The idiosyncrasies of F1's penalty application rules worked in Rosberg's favour as Sebastian Vettel's own five-place drop for a gearbox change was applied first. The Ferrari driver takes a full five-place drop and will start ninth. Ferrari notified the FIA of the need to change Vettel's gearbox before the race weekend began, so the German was the first to be demoted on the grid....
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