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Stewards overrule 107pc cut for four drivers at Spa

And Maldonado has been demoted five grid positions

By GMM

27 August 2011 - 18:10
Stewards overrule 107pc cut for four (…)

The stewards have exempted four drivers from the 107 per cent qualifying rule at Spa-Francorchamps.

Virgin’s Jerome d’Ambrosio, as well as both HRT drivers, failed to qualify within the mandatory 7 per cent of Sebastian Vettel’s pole time on the wet Belgian track.

And Michael Schumacher, on the 20th anniversary of his F1 debut at this circuit and wearing a special golden helmet, also failed to qualify after a rear wheel fell off his Mercedes in Q1.

The stewards however have ruled that all four may start Sunday’s 2011 Belgian grand prix. Weather forecasters are predicting a dry race.

On the Pastor Maldonado/Lewis Hamilton incident, the Williams driver has been demoted five grid positions for colliding with the McLaren after the chequered flag in Q2.

But alternate replay angles of the incident also showed Hamilton making a move towards the Venezuelan rookie, and so the 2008 world champion received a formal reprimand.

The new starting grid:

Pos.DriverTeamQ1 timeQ2 timeQ3 timePenalty
01 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Renault 2.03.029 2.03.317 1.48.298 ---
02 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 2.03.008 2.02.823 1.48.730 ---
03 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 2.02.827 2.03.302 1.49.376 ---
04 Felipe Massa Ferrari 2.05.834 2.04.507 1.50.256 ---
05 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 2.05.091 2.03.723 1.50.552 ---
06 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso Ferrari 2.05.419 2.04.561 1.50.773 ---
07 Bruno Senna Lotus Renault GP 2.05.047 2.04.452 1.51.121 ---
08 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2.04.450 2.02.768 1.51.251 ---
09 Sergio Perez Sauber Ferrari 2.06.284 2.04.625 1.51.374 ---
10 Vitaly Petrov Lotus Renault GP 2.05.292 2.03.466 1.52.303 ---
---------------- --------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---
11 Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso Ferrari 2.04.744 2.04.692 ---
12 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber Ferrari 2.07.194 2.04.757 ---
13 Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes 2.01.813 2.05.150 ---
14 Rubens Barrichello Williams Cosworth 2.05.720 2.07349 ---
15 Adrian Sutil Force India Mercedes 2.06.000 2.07.777 ---
16 Heikki Kovalainen Team Lotus Renault 2.06.780 2.08.354 ---
17 Paul di Resta Force India Mercedes 2.07.758 ---
---------------- --------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---
18 Jarno Trulli Team Lotus Renault 2.08.773 ---
19 Timo Glock Marussia Virgin Racing Cosworth 2.09.566 ---
20 Jérôme d’Ambrosio Marussia Virgin Racing Cosworth 2.11.601 ---
21 Pastor Maldonado Williams Cosworth 2.05.621 2.08.106 +5
22 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT F1 Cosworth 2.11.616 ---
23 Daniel Ricciardo HRT F1 Cosworth 2.13.077 ---
24 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP -.—.--- ---

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