Mercedes GP
Malaysia: Engine change for Rubens Barrichello
By Phil Huff
March 18 2006
Rubens Barrichello's troubled Malaysian Grand Prix weekend took a further turn for the worse before qualifying, as the Brazilian was forced to change his engine, landing him a 10 place penalty in qualifying.
Following the finding of some issues that could see the engine expire long before the the end of the race, it was a quick decision to change. However, the team also elected to change Barrichello to the spare chassis, and hopefully find some of the pace that has been lacking all weekend.
Rubens now heads to qualifying with a 10 place penalty hanging over him so, even if he was to secure pole position, the best he can hope for is 11th place on the grid.
It's also understood that Honda's engineers have found no problems with Jenson Button's unit.
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