Starting grid - Malaysian Grand Prix 2015 - Grosjean takes two place penalty for queue-jumping

Grosjean handed two place grid penalty — Credit: Lotus F1 Team

Romain Grosjean became the first driver of the year to take a grid penalty, picking up a two place drop after an issue during qualifying. In the hustle for driver to get out of the pit lane for Q2, anxious to put in a banker lap before any rain arrived, Grosjean was deemed to have jumped the queue - or as the FIA put it: "not leaving the pit lane in the order he arrived."

Roberto Merhi failed to qualify within the 107% cut off but was given special dispensation by the stewards to participate. Will Stevens likely would have also been allowed to start but the ongoing issue with his Manor car meant he had to sit yet another race out.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:49.834	13
2	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:49.908	13
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:50.299	13
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:51.541	16
5	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:51.951	16
6	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:51.981	16
7	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:52.473	17
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:53.179	14
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:53.261	18
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:52.981	18
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:42.173	7
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:42.198	11
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:43.023	9
14	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:43.469	11
15	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:43.701	9
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	1:41.308	7
17	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1:41.636	8
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:41.746	8
19	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia F1 Team	1:46.677	7

2 place drop for Romain Grosjean. Failing to leave the pit lane in the correct order