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
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1 | Jenson Button Brawn 1m35.181s |
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Jarno Trulli Toyota 1m35.273s |
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3 | Timo Glock Toyota 1m35.690s |
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Nico Rosberg Williams 1m35.750s |
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5 | Mark Webber Red Bull Racing 1m35.797s |
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Robert Kubica BMW 1m36.106s |
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7 | Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m36.170s |
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Rubens Barrichello Brawn 1m35.651s* |
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9 | Fernando Alonso Renault 1m37.659s |
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Nick Heidfeld BMW 1m34.769s |
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11 | Kazuki Nakajima Williams 1m34.788s |
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Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m34.905s |
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13 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing 1m35.518s** |
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Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 1m34.924s |
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15 | Sebastian Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m35.431s |
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Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m35.642s |
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17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. Renault 1m35.708s |
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Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 1m35.908s |
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19 | Adrian Sutil Force India 1m35.951s |
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Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1m36.107s |
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*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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I should just explain, because this confused me for about 5 seconds…
…Sebastian Vettel qualified third, but received a ten place demotion for being a naughty boy in Melbourne. Then Barrichello’s five place penalty was applied to his fourth-place qualifying position as penalties are applied in order of receiving them.
Of course, it works the other way as well, but I did scratch my head when I added 5 to 4 and got 9 as the answer despite everyone else insisting 8. 🙂
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