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Starting grid - Italian Grand Prix 2015 - 168 place penalties applied to Italy Grand Prix grid

Daniel Ricciardo picks up the most penalty places lost for the weekend in Monza, after taking a double engine change penalty. Max Verstappen is close behind him, but the Toro Rosso driver has to start from the pit lane anyway due to not participating in qualifying. He also has to take a drive through penalty early in the race to compound his misery.

Both McLaren drivers have engine penalties to deal with, as do Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat. Finally, Marcus Ericsson has a three place drop due to, mercifully, impeding another driver rather than an engine situation.

PositionDriverTeamTimeLaps
1Lewis HamiltonMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team1:23.39715
2Kimi RäikkönenScuderia Ferrari1:23.63117
3Sebastian VettelScuderia Ferrari1:23.68520
4Nico RosbergMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team1:23.70319
5Felipe MassaWilliams Martini Racing1:23.94019
6Valtteri BottasWilliams Martini Racing1:24.12717
7Sergio PérezSahara Force India F1 Team1:24.62619
8Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team1:25.05419
9Nico HülkenbergSahara Force India F1 Team1:25.31718
10Pastor MaldonadoLotus F1 Team1:24.52516
11Felipe NasrSauber F1 Team1:24.89815
12Marcus EricssonSauber F1 Team1:26.21420
13Will StevensManor Marussia F1 Team1:27.7319
14Roberto MerhiManor Marussia F1 Team1:27.9129
15Jenson ButtonMcLaren Honda1:26.0587
16Fernando AlonsoMcLaren Honda1:26.1547
17Carlos Sainz JrScuderia Toro Rosso1:25.61810
18Daniil KvyatInfiniti Red Bull Racing1:25.79611
19Max VerstappenScuderia Toro RossoNo time1
20Daniel RicciardoInfiniti Red Bull RacingNo time3
  • 10 place drop for Fernando Alonso. A 9th internal combustion engine has been used by car 14.
  • 15 place drop for Daniil Kvyat. 10 grid positions for 6th ICE, and 5 grid positions for 5th TC.
  • 25 place drop for Daniel Ricciardo. 10 grid positions for 6th ICE, 5 grid positions for 5th TC, 5 grid positions for 5th MGU-H, and 5 grid positions for 5th MGU-K.
  • 10 place drop for Carlos Sainz Jr. A 5th internal combustion engine has been used by car 55.
  • 5 place drop for Jenson Button. A 9th internal combustion engine has been used by car 22.
  • 15 place drop for Daniil Kvyat. 10 grid positions for 7th ICE, and 5 grid positions for 6th TC.
  • 5 place drop for Daniil Kvyat. The gearbox of car 26 has been changed before 6 consecutive events have expired.
  • 25 place drop for Daniel Ricciardo. 10 grid positions for 7th ICE, 5 grid positions for 6th TC, 5 grid positions for 6th MGU-H and 5 grid positions for 6th MGU-K.
  • 20 place drop for Max Verstappen. 10 grid positions for 7th ICE, 5 grid positions for 5th TC and 5 grid positions for 5th MGU-K.
  • 25 place drop for Carlos Sainz Jr. 10 grid positions for 6th ICE, 5 grid positions for 5th TC, 5 grid positions for 5th MGU-H and 5 grid positions for 5th MGU-K.
  • 3 place drop for Marcus Ericsson. Car 9 impeded car 27 (Nico Hülkenberg) in turn 11 during qualifying.
  • 10 place drop for Max Verstappen. The FIA seals have been removed from the internal combustion engine of car 33 without FIA supervision, due to this the power unit is now considered the 8th internal combustion engine.