Updated: The Grid for Sunday

- Published on Oct 29th, 2011 by Adam Milleneuve

After many penalties, here is the final, FIA confirmed grid for the Indian Grand Prix.  Timo Glock still starts 24th despite Narain Karthikeyan receiving a five-place penalty for holding up Michael Schumacher in the first round of qualifying.  Timo remains last because his best time in qualifying was outside 107% of the best time (but allowed to race because he did go quicker in practice) - hopefully his Marussia will be free of gearbox issues for the race.

Hamilton's impressive effort to split the Red Bulls was muted, with his 3 place penalty due to not slowing for double-waved yellow flags during Friday practice - he starts 5th, just behind team mate Button in 4th.  Perez also had a three place penalty for the same reason as Hamilton and is relegated to 20th for the start.  Ricciardo also had a five place penalty following a gearbox change, but still starts 22nd due to those around him also having penalties.

Phew, now after all these shenanigans have been sorted, we can look forward to the race and see how it all pans out and discover who can win the inaugural Indian Grand Prix.  Exciting times.

The finalised grid for Sunday

		Sebastian Vettel
Row 1		Red Bull		Mark Webber
		1'24.178		Red Bull
				1'24.508
		Fernando Alonso
Row 2		Ferrari		Jenson Button
		1'24.519		McLaren
				1'24.950
		Lewis Hamilton
Row 3		McLaren		Felipe Massa
		1'24.474		Ferrari
				1'25.122
		Nico Rosberg
Row 4		Mercedes		Adrian Sutil
		1'25.451		Force India
				-
		Sebastien Buemi
Row 5		Toro Rosso		J.Alguersuari
		-		Toro Rosso
				-
		M.Schumacher
Row 6		Mercedes		Paul Di Resta
		1'26.337		Force India
				1'26.503
		Pastor Maldonado
Row 7		Williams		Bruno Senna
		1'26.537		Renault
				1'26.651
		R.Barrichello
Row 8		Williams		Vitaly Petrov
		1'27.247		Renault
				1'26.319
		Kamui Kobayashi
Row 9		Sauber		H.Kovalainen
		1'27.876		Lotus
				1'28.565
		J.Trulli
Row 10		Lotus		Sergio Perez
		1'28.752		Sauber
				1'27.562
		J.D'Ambrosio
Row 11		Virgin		Timo Glock
		1'30.866		Virgin
				1'30.216
	[no pic]	Daniel Ricciardo
Row 12		HRT	[no pic]	Narain Karthiheyan
		1'30.238		HRT
				NO TIME