Malaysia 2013 - Starting grid - Kimi Räikkönen drops back after a qualifying infringement

Published 23 March 2013 by Christine

So far this year, things have been a bit light on the penalty front. It's too early for engines and gearboxes to start giving up, and the drivers have all been well behaved. Until qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, where Kimi Räikkönen was found to have impeded another driver, and was given the requisite grid drop.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:49.674	13
2	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:50.587	15
3	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:50.727	14
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:51.699	15
5	Mark Webber	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:52.244	14
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:52.519	14
7	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:53.175	14
8	Adrian Sutil	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:53.439	12
9	Sergio Pérez	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:54.136	16
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:52.970	12
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:37.636	7
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Sauber F1 Team	1:38.125	12
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:38.822	12
14	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:39.221	14
15	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:44.509	10
16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	No time	10
17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:38.157	8
18	Valtteri Bottas	Williams F1 Team	1:38.207	7
19	Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:38.434	8
20	Charles Pic	Caterham F1 Team	1:39.314	6
21	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:39.672	8
22	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham F1 Team	1:39.932	6

3 places. Kimi Räikkönen - Unnecessarily impeding Nico Rosberg between turns 12 and 15.