Starting grid - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2017 - Brendon Hartley's qualifying nullifies grid position drop

Hartley is the only recipient of a grid penalty this weekend, with the Toro Rosso driver facing a ten place drop for yet another tweak to his Renault engine. However, Hartley unfortunately only qualified last during the Saturday session, and thus he has no further left to fall on the grid today.

Out front, it's all about Valtteri Bottas, who snatched pole position from his teammate for the final round of the season, heading up a Mercedes 1-2. Red Bull and Ferrari are looking ahead to their rivals from the second and third rows of the grid.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	1:36.231	18
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	1:36.403	19
3	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:36.777	18
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:36.959	16
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:36.985	17
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:37.328	19
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:38.282	14
8	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:38.374	17
9	Esteban Ocon	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:38.397	17
10	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:38.550	18
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:38.636	12
12	Carlos Sainz Jr	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:38.725	9
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1:38.808	9
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:39.298	16
15	Lance Stroll	Williams Martini Racing	1:39.646	14
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:39.516	10
17	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:39.724	9
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber F1 Team	1:39.930	9
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:39.994	9
20	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:40.471	8

10 place drop for Brendon Hartley. Drop of 10 grid positions for 9th MGU-H.