Pedro de la Rosa will start the race from last place on the grid after becoming the fifth driver to take a grid penalty.
He was handed a five-place penalty after changing to his ninth engine of the season. He is the first driver to exceed his allocation of eight engines.
Here is the revised grid:
| Row 1 | 1. Mark Webber 1’45.778 Red Bull-Renault | |
| 2. Lewis Hamilton 1’45.863 McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Row 2 | 3. Robert Kubica 1’46.100 Renault | |
| 4. Sebastian Vettel 1’46.127 Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Row 3 | 5. Jenson Button 1’46.206 McLaren-Mercedes | |
| 6. Felipe Massa 1’46.314 Ferrari | ||
| Row 4 | 7. Rubens Barrichello 1’46.602 Williams-Cosworth | |
| 8. Adrian Sutil 1’46.659 Force India-Mercedes | ||
| Row 5 | 9. Nico Hulkenberg 1’47.053 Williams-Cosworth | |
| 10. Fernando Alonso 1’47.441 Ferrari | ||
| Row 6 | 11. Jaime Alguersuari 1’48.267 Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
| 12. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1’48.680 Force India-Mercedes | ||
| Row 7 | 13. Heikki Kovalainen 1’50.980 Lotus-Cosworth | |
| 14. Nico Rosberg 1’47.885 Mercedes | ||
| Row 8 | 15. Jarno Trulli 2’01.491 Lotus-Cosworth | |
| 16. Sebastien Buemi 1’49.209 Toro Rosso-Ferrari | ||
| Row 9 | 17. Kamui Kobayashi 2’02.284 Sauber-Ferrari | |
| 18. Bruno Senna 2’03.612 HRT-Cosworth | ||
| Row 10 | 19. Sakon Yamamoto 2’03.941 HRT-Cosworth | |
| 20. Timo Glock 1’52.049 Virgin-Cosworth | ||
| Row 11 | 21. Michael Schumacher 1’47.874 Mercedes | |
| 22. Lucas di Grassi 2’18.154 Virgin-Cosworth | ||
| Row 12 | 23. Vitaly Petrov Renault | |
| 24. Pedro de la Rosa 2’05.294 Sauber-Ferrari |
2010 Belgian Grand Prix
sato113 (@sato113)
29th August 2010, 11:15
keith it’s a 10 place grid drop, not 5.
CNSZU
29th August 2010, 11:32
Unless Ferrari can prove that their engines are not the problem, they should provide any additional engines free of charge. That’s the least they can do.
David-A (@david-a)
29th August 2010, 16:03
Ferrari and Toro Rosso haven’t had as many failures, but I can see where you’re coming from, since it would be a good gesture towards the customer (IMO) more likely to make progress and become competitive.
disjunto
29th August 2010, 11:32
9th engine already? Those Ferrari engines seem to have problems with reliability this season!
George
29th August 2010, 11:40
The swap from BMW to Ferrari engines seemed to give Sauber a lot of problems at the start of the season. I’m wondering if they did this because he was at the back of the grid anyway though, and they actually have a couple of engines spare?
It’s still not impossible for the Saubers to get in the points from there, their car seemed pretty fast in practice and if it rains who knows what could happen.
Calum
29th August 2010, 11:50
I’d be Very annoyed with Ferrari if I was boss of Sauner given that the factory works team have only had one engine blow up (alonso @malasia), but Peter Saunber never gets angry with anyone!
bosyber
29th August 2010, 12:02
He did probably get angry yesterday after seeing both drivers loose it within 5 minutes, leaving them both stranded in Q1. And I wouldn’t be surprised if he did privately complain to Ferrari, maybe asking for a reduction in the price of the engines. Although this wasn’t really their fault, the crash probably had more to do with it.
BasCB
29th August 2010, 15:35
Peter Sauber already complained loud and clear in the world press before.
I am pretty certain he will make Ferrari pay for that. Or just go with Cosworth for next year, a bit cheaper and looks like it’s more reliable as well.