Starting grid - Japanese Grand Prix 2016 - Both Ferrari drivers take penalties for Japan race

Both Ferrari drivers taken penalties for Japan — Credit: Ferrari Media

Kimi Räikkönen has been handed a five place grid penalty after changing the gearbox in his Ferrari, which drops the Finn from his third place qualifying slot down to eighth. Daniel Ricciardo moves onto the second row of the grid to make it an all-Red Bull affair. Both Ferraris have suffered grid drops this weekend, with Sebastian Vettel also moving back three places due to causing a collision in the Malaysian GP.

Meanwhile, Jenson Button will start from the back of the grid after a poor qualifying is compounded by an engine related grid penalty. He’s taken the equivalent of a 35 place penalty, but only qualified 17th anyway, so there is an element of strategy to McLaren’s actions here.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:30.647	13
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:30.660	13
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:31.178	14
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:31.240	14
5	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:31.961	12
6	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:31.028	12
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:31.961	17
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:30.949	12
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:32.142	12
10	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	1:32.547	15
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:32.315	11
12	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:32.380	11
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:32.623	11
14	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:32.685	12
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:32.689	12
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:32.807	12
17	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:33.023	6
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:33.222	7
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	1:33.332	7
20	Esteban Ocon	Manor Racing MRT	1:33.353	9
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing MRT	1:33.561	9
22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1:32.851	6

3 place drop for Sebastian Vettel. Causing a collision with Nico Rosberg in Turn 1 of the Malaysian Grand Prix.
5 place drop for Pascal Wehrlein. The gearbox of car 94 has been changed before 6 consecutive events have expired.
35 place drop for Jenson Button. Drop of 35 grid positions, comprising: 10 grid positions for 6th ICE, 5 grid positions for 6th TC, 5 grid positions for 6th MGU-H, 5 grid positions for 6th MGU-K, 5 grid positions for 6th ES and 5 grid positions for 6th CE.
5 place drop for Kimi Räikkönen. The gearbox of car 7 has been changed before 6 consecutive events have expired.