Starting grid - Russian Grand Prix 2015 - Sainz given permission to start in Sochi

After being signed off as okay to race by the FIA, Carlos Sainz will participate in the Russian Grand Prix. He will start from the rear of the field, which is lucky because he also has a handful of engine related penalty places to drop anyway. Fernando Alonso has managed to pick up yet another 35 grid drops thanks to the pesky Honda power unit.

Out front, Rosberg retains his pole position and will lead Hamilton away from the grid on the formation lap and once those red lights all go out.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:37.113	20
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:37.433	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:37.912	26
4	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:37.965	15
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:38.348	18
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:38.659	21
7	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:38.691	19
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:38.787	19
9	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:38.924	23
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:39.728	18
11	Daniil Kvyat	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:39.214	18
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	1:39.323	18
13	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1:39.763	15
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:39.811	15
15	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:39.895	17
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:40.660	9
17	Will Stevens	Manor Marussia F1 Team	1:43.693	9
18	Roberto Merhi	Manor Marussia F1 Team	1:43.804	8
19	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:40.144	7

25 place drop for Fernando Alonso. 10 grid positions for 10th ICE, 5 grid positions for 9th TC, 5 grid positions for 9th MGU-H and 5 grid positions for 7th CE.
20 place drop for Roberto Merhi. 10 grid positions for 5th ICE, 5 grid positions for 5th TC, and 5 grid positions for 5th MGU-H.
10 place drop for Fernando Alonso. First time tenth power unit elements have been used.
20 place drop for Carlos Sainz Jr. 10 grid positions for 7th ICE, 5 grid positions for 6th TC and 5 grid positions for change of gearbox.