Ten-place penalty for Rosberg?

(GMM) Before a single wheel even turned, Nico Rosberg's first French grand prix at Magny Cours has got off to a unpleasant start.

Whispers at the circuit suggest that Williams' rookie driver will undergo an unscheduled engine change, resulting in a ten-grid penalty.

It is not clear whether the fault on the German's Cosworth power plant was discovered at Indianapolis, where 21-year-old Rosberg finished last and out of the points. If he had not finished at all, he would have been able to race a new engine here without penalty.

The good news, however, is that Rosberg can at least fit the latest Cosworth V8 specification – 'Series-6' – to his FW28.