Starting grid - Austria 2014 - Hangover penalties from Canada impact the grid
Published by Christine
Sergio Pérez and Max Chilton both have penalties imposed on their Austrian qualifying position after incidents in Canada. Pérez was blamed for his crash with Felipe Massa, ending in a result of a five place grid drop. Meanwhile, Chilton was on the receiving end of a three place drop after being found the guilty party in the first lap crash with his Marussia teammate.
The two penalties don't affect the top ten at all, as Pérez qualified eleventh and drops to sixteenth. The Williams front row remains excitingly in tact.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Williams Martini Racing | 1:08.759 | 19 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams Martini Racing | 1:08.846 | 19 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1:08.944 | 17 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:09.285 | 25 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 1:09.466 | 22 |
| 6 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren Mercedes | 1:09.515 | 29 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:09.619 | 21 |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 1:10.795 | 23 |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | No time | 15 |
| 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sahara Force India F1 Team | No time | 23 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | McLaren Mercedes | 1:09.780 | 22 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Infiniti Red Bull Racing | 1:09.801 | 15 |
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | 1:09.939 | 18 |
| 14 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:10.073 | 19 |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 1:10.642 | 21 |
| 16 | Sergio Pérez | Sahara Force India F1 Team | 1:09.754 | 18 |
| 17 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber F1 Team | 1:10.825 | 10 |
| 18 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber F1 Team | 1:11.349 | 10 |
| 19 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia F1 Team | 1:11.412 | 9 |
| 20 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham F1 Team | 1:11.673 | 10 |
| 21 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham F1 Team | 1:12.673 | 11 |
| 22 | Max Chilton | Marussia F1 Team | 1:11.775 | 10 |
- 3 places. Max Chilton - Car 4 caused a collision with car 17 (Jules Bianchi) in Turn 4 Canada.
- 5 places. Sergio Pérez - Car 11 changed his racing line which caused the impact with car 19 (Felipe Massa) in Turn 1 Canada.
