I can't see that this will have any effect on the Virgin cars they nearly always start on the last couple of rows anyway. Now if they made them start on the front row of the GP2 race instead we might at least find out if the car can outrun the junior class By Jonathan Noble Autosport.com, Today
Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi will both be given five-place grid penalties at the Spanish Grand Prix after their Virgin Racing team failed to notify the FIA about its intended gear ratios in time.
F1 teams are supposed to notify the FIA's technical delegate about the gear ratios that the team will be using for the rest of the weekend within two hours of the end of Friday's free practice session.
Virgin Racing failed to do that, which is a breach of the sport's technical regulations.
The race stewards issued a statement on Saturday morning stating that both Glock and di Grassi would be handed five place grid penalties.