Bottas, Massa, Alonso gain three places on shuffled grid

Three penalties mean that the back half of the British GP looks very different with some drivers gaining as many as three places relatice to their original qualifying positions.

Esteban Gutierrez was carrying a 10-place penalty from Austria, which was applied before Max Chilton received five-places for a gearbox change. Gutierrez trumps Pastor Maldonado, who was excluded and sent to the back of the grid, but the Venezuelan in turn is allowed to start ahead of the Caterhams, which technically did not qualify but are allowed to start.

The grid now looks like this:

1 ROS
2 VET
3 BUT
4 HUL
5 MAG
6 HAM
7 PER
8 RIC
9 KVY
10 VER
11 GRO
12 BIA
13 SUT (gains 3 places)
14 BOT (gains 3 places)
15 MAS (gains 3 places)
16 ALO (gains 3 places)
17 CHI (5 place gearbox penalty but only loses 4)
18 RAI (gains 2 places)
19 GUT (10 place unsafe release penalty but loses only 5)
20 MAL (excludes, back of grid, but starts ahead of non-qualifiers)
21 ERI (outside 107% but allowed to start)
22 KOB (outside 107% but allowed to start)

3 Comments

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3 responses to “Bottas, Massa, Alonso gain three places on shuffled grid

  1. petes

    Shame those two chicanes at the back were allowed into the race…..
    New owners, might as well learn the harsh realities rather then extend the dream that the former owner had.

  2. Albert

    Adam,

    You are on it for us! Your info is a vital part of EVERY F1 week end. Keep up the great work!

    Albert

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