Late Massa grid penalty promotes Alonso

Ferrari have made a late decision to open the gearbox on Felipe Massa's car, thus incurring a five-place grid penalty and dropping the Brazilian from P6 to P11 for the start of the 2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. The Italian team openly admitted that it was a decision taken in order to promote Massa's team mate and title contender, Fernando Alonso, from P8 to P7 on the grid, a slot which is critically on the right

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