Mercedes lodges intention to appeal Rosberg penalty

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Mercedes has lodged its intention to appeal against Nico Rosberg's time penalty which demoted him to third place in the British Grand Prix.

A gearbox problem struck Rosberg in the closing stages of the race, with Mercedes telling him which setting to change to in an attempt to rectify the issue. Rosberg was then told to avoid seventh gear, to which he replied: "What does that mean? I need to shift through it." Rosberg's race engineer then confirmed he should shift through to eighth gear.

Following the exchange the race stewards investigated the incident and Rosberg - who had originally finished second - was handed a ten-second time penalty which demoted him to third behind Max Verstappen.

Mercedes has since confirmed it has lodged its intention to appeal the decision, however the regulations suggest such an appeal will not be permitted.

The stewards decision reads: "10 Second Time Penalty imposed after the race in accordance with Article 38.3 (10 seconds added to elapsed race time).

Article 38.3 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations outlines the penalties available to the stewards, of which there are six - a five second time penalty; a ten second time penalty; a drive through; a ten second stop and go; a time penalty of any length and a reprimand. Article 38.3 then states "If any of the six penalties above are imposed they shall not be subject to appeal."

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.