Malaysia 2009: The Grid

Malaysia 2009: The Grid

With qualifying completed, we now have the completed grid for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix. There are two penalties so far that have affected the order the cars will line up on the start/finish straight on Sunday, but Jenson Button’s pole is safe for now and the Briton will lead the pack when the lights go out at Sepang. Rubens Barrichello has been demoted five grid slots for changing his gear box out of sequence on Friday evening, and Sebastian Vettel has been sent back ten grid slots for failing to stop with a damaged car in Melbourne last weekend.

The original qualifying results can be viewed here: Malaysia 2009: Qualifying Result.

Malaysia 2009: The Grid
Inclusive of penalties given.

1 British Flag Jenson Button Brawn
1m35.181s
Jarno Trulli Toyota
1m35.273s
Italian Flag 2
3 German Flag Timo Glock Toyota
1m35.690s
Nico Rosberg Williams
1m35.750s
German Flag 4
5 Australian Flag Mark Webber Red Bull Racing
1m35.797s
Robert Kubica BMW
1m36.106s
Polish Flag 6
7 Finnish Flag Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
1m36.170s
Rubens Barrichello Brawn
1m35.651s*
Brazilian Flag 8
9 Spanish Flag Fernando Alonso Renault
1m37.659s
Nick Heidfeld BMW
1m34.769s
Germany Flag 10
11 Japanese Flag Kazuki Nakajima Williams
1m34.788s
Lewis Hamilton McLaren
1m34.905s
British Flag 12
13 German Flag Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing
1m35.518s**
Heikki Kovalainen McLaren
1m34.924s
Finnish Flag 14
15 French Flag Sebastian Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso
1m35.431s
Felipe Massa Ferrari
1m35.642s
Brazilian Flag 16
17 Brazilian Flag Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault
1m35.708s
Giancarlo Fisichella Force India
1m35.908s
Italian Flag 18
19 German Flag Adrian Sutil Force India
1m35.951s
Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso
1m36.107s
Swiss Flag 20

*Rubens Barrichello qualified fourth but received a five grid slot penalty for changing his gear box out of sequence.

**Sebastian Vettel qualified third but received a ten grid slot penalty for his actions in the Australian Grand Prix last Sunday.

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