Australian GP: Revised Grid

By Andrew Hooper
March 15 2014

 
 Australian GP Revised Grid
 

Penalties for Williams Martini driver Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Gutierrez are the only changes to the Australian Grand Prix grid . Both changes are the result of gearbox penalties.

But following qualifying there was the possibility of further changes when race stewards investigated fourth and fifth-placed qualifiers Kevin Magnussen and Fernando Alonso for alleged driving infringements. Vettel was also looked at by stewards.

But Magnussen and Vettel were both cleared of failing to slow for yellow flags, while the stewards concluded that Alonso had not impeded Gutierrez.

Valtteri's penalty helps Vettel, but the change will only see him start from twelfth.
Daniel Ricciardo qualified second, between the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

 
Final Australian Grand Prix grid:

 1.  Lewis Hamilton     Mercedes
 2.  Daniel Ricciardo   Red Bull-Renault
 3.  Nico Rosberg       Mercedes
 4.  Kevin Magnussen    McLaren-Mercedes
 5.  Fernando Alonso    Ferrari
 6.  Jean-Eric Vergne   Toro Rosso-Renault
 7.  Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes
 8.  Daniil Kvyat       Toro Rosso-Renault
 9.  Felipe Massa       Williams-Mercedes
10.  Jenson Button      McLaren-Mercedes
11.  Kimi Raikkonen     Ferrari
12.  Sebastian Vettel   Red Bull-Renault
13.  Adrian Sutil       Sauber-Ferrari
14.  Kamui Kobayashi    Caterham-Renault
15.  Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes*
16.  Sergio Perez       Force India-Mercedes
17.  Max Chilton        Marussia-Ferrari
18.  Jules Bianchi      Marussia-Ferrari
19.  Marcus Ericsson    Caterham-Renault
20.  Romain Grosjean    Lotus-Renault
21.  Pastor Maldonado   Lotus-Renault
22.  Esteban Gutierrez  Sauber-Ferrari*

* Gearbox change penalty
 

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