Europe 2012 - Starting grid - A penalty free Saturday sees the grid start exactly as qualifying finished
Published by Christine
There are no penalties from the action on Saturday in Valencia, but Timo Glock didn't manage to qualify due to illness. He has been given special dispensation to race by the FIA, despite not setting a qualifying time but it looks unlikely he'll be allowed to race.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1:38.086 | 15 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:38.410 | 17 |
| 3 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams F1 Team | 1:38.475 | 21 |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 1:38.505 | 16 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 Team | 1:38.513 | 16 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:38.623 | 17 |
| 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber F1 Team | 1:38.741 | 12 |
| 8 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:38.752 | 19 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:38.801 | 16 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:38.992 | 18 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:38.707 | 14 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:38.770 | 12 |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:38.780 | 14 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams F1 Team | 1:39.207 | 15 |
| 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber F1 Team | 1:39.358 | 14 |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham F1 Team | 1:40.295 | 11 |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:40.358 | 12 |
| 18 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:40.203 | 9 |
| 19 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 1:40.395 | 7 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham F1 Team | 1:40.457 | 8 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT Formula 1 Team | 1:42.171 | 7 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT Formula 1 Team | 1:42.527 | 8 |
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia F1 Team | 1:42.675 | 10 |
