Villeneuve penalized for engine change
March 31st, 2006
Jacques Villeneuve will incur a 10-spot penalty on the starting grid for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix after his team elected to change the engine prior to Saturday’s qualifying session.
“Our investigations into the breakages after Bahrain and Malaysia revealed that some components have not met their required production tolerances,” said BMW motorsport chief Mario Theissen.
“Our short-term reaction has been to build new engines with hand-selected components that best met these rigorous requirements. We have two of these revised engines here.
“One is already installed in Nick’s car, and Jacques will get the second in time for qualifying after Saturday’s morning practice session. As a result he will lose 10 positions on the grid.”
“That’s a pity,” said Villeneuve about the engine change after finishing 12th in Friday’s practice session. “The balance of the car is very good, and I’m really happy with its speed.”
Villeneuve was entering the second of two race weekends with his current BMW engine.
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