Malaysia 2012 - Starting grid - Two penalties drop drivers down the order as Hamilton starts on pole

Published 24 March 2012 by Christine

So far, ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix, we know of two penalties. Heikki Kovalainen has a five place grid drop after the stewards penalised him for overtaking under the safety car in Australia. Kimi Räikkönen also faces a five place demotion due to a gearbox change on his car. Two races in and we've already seen plenty of gearbox changes happening!

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:36.219	14
2	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:36.368	14
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:36.391	14
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:36.461	19
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:36.634	14
6	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:36.658	14
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:36.664	14
8	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:37.566	16
9	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:37.698	17
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:36.461	13
11	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:37.599	14
12	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:37.731	15
13	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:37.841	13
14	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:37.877	15
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:37.883	14
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:37.890	13
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:38.069	12
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:39.077	7
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:39.567	6
20	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:40.903	8
21	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:41.250	8
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:42.914	4
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:43.655	6
24	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:39.306	9

5 places. Heikki Kovalainen - Overtaking cars on the restart prior to passing the safety car line in Australia.
5 places. Kimi Räikkönen - The Driver did not use the gearbox for five consecutive Events.