Starting grid - Japanese Grand Prix 2015 - Penalties galore and drivers given permission to start

Alexander Rossi was granted permission to start the Japanese Grand Prix, despite not actually qualifying within the set times. Nico Hülkenberg has picked up a three place grid drop from Singapore after he and Felipe Massa crashed into either other at the pit exit. Max Verstappen was also given a three place drop after he parked his car in a dangerous position during qualifying.

Out front, Rosberg and Hamilton secured the front row, whilst Daniil Kvyat starts from tenth with a patched up car following his crash during qualifying.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:32.584	16
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:32.660	15
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:33.024	11
4	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:33.245	11
5	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:33.337	12
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:33.347	10
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:33.497	17
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:33.967	19
9	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	No time	16
10	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	No time	15
11	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:34.453	15
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:34.497	13
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:34.785	8
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:34.390	13
15	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1:35.664	6
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:35.673	5
17	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	1:35.760	6
18	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	No time	8
19	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia F1 Team	1:38.783	5
20	Alexander Rossi	Manor Marussia F1 Team	1:47.114	5

3 place drop for Nico Hülkenberg. Causing a collision in Singapore. The driver of car 27 has an open line of vision to car 19 (Felipe Massa) leaving the pits. Car 19 should have been left racing room.
3 place drop for Max Verstappen. Car 33 experienced a sudden power loss at the exit of turn 11, the driver initially moved to the left side of the track towards a safe position and when it was about to stop, moved to the right onto the racing line, where it eventually stopped. This caused double yellow flags to be shown and endangered oncoming drivers.