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Mercedes withdraws appeal against Rosberg penalty

Mercedes has withdrawn its notice of intention to appeal against Nico Rosberg's post-race 10-second time penalty which dropped the German driver into third place in the British Grand Prix final classification. Rosberg and Mercedes were judged to be guilty of breaking the new radio rules set by the FIA which ban any radio transmission which would act as 'aiding the driver'. Mercedes confirmed it was cleared to speak to Rosberg to avoid a 'car-stopping gearbox failure' after suffering an issue in the closing stages of the British Grand Prix but have been penalised for telling the German driver how to avoid the problem – by double-shifting past seventh gear – which is against the new...
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