Broken engine !

We have all heard of an engine failures during the race. How about engine damage in transit ?

Jacques Villeneuve's BMW engine was apparently dropped during transit from Nurburgring to Catalunya, which means he will have to cop a 10-place penalty for the starting grid at Barcelona.

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The German press agency, SID, has reported that the engine was dropped during transit from the Nurburgring and therefore a change is necessary. "It happened at Nurburgring on Sunday when the engine was prepared for transportation," team boss Mario Theisson told Autosport.

"It was probably damaged so we decided to give him a fresh one and take the penalty of ten grid positions," he added. "We thought the risk would be too high to have him race that engine here."

Teams seem to be finding newer and newer ways of having an engine replacement !