Qualifying report
Formula 1 Austrian GP
Austrian GP grid: Why Rosberg starts sixth
The FIA has confirmed that Nico Rosberg will only move down to sixth place on the grid for the Austrian Grand Prix, despite his gearbox change penalty.
Jonathan Noble
Edited: Jul 2, 2016, 6:17 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
The German qualified second at the Red Bull Ring and would normally have dropped to seventh place.
However, the way that the FIA makes up the grid in the wake of multiple penalties means he has only lost four places because of Sebastian Vettel's gearbox replacement.
With penalties applied in the orders that they are earned, the FIA first moves Vettel down from fourth place to ninth place.
Read Also:
- Analysis: Working out F1's grid penalties
Then, Rosberg is moved down from second place to seventh place.
And it is only when all the penalties are applied – which includes the yellow flag punishments for Jolyon Palmer, Felipe Nasr and Rio Haryanto – that the grid is closed up.
So with Vettel unable to take up his fourth slot, the positions behind third are closed up – moving Rosberg up from seventh to sixth.
Austrian Grand Prix provisional grid Driver 01 
L. Hamilton 02 
N. Hülkenberg 03 
J. Button 04 
K. Räikkönen 05 
D. Ricciardo 06 N. Rosberg 07 
V. Bottas 08 M. Verstappen 09 S. Vettel 10 F. Massa 11 
E. Gutiérrez 12 
P. Wehrlein 13 R. Grosjean 14 F. Alonso 15 
C. Sainz 16 S. Pérez 17 
K. Magnussen 18 D. Kvyat 19 
M. Ericsson 20 J. Palmer 21 Rio Haryanto 22 F. Nasr
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Red Bull closer to its rivals on tomorrow's Austrian GP
Next article Gutierrez reveals hospital visit to sort himself out
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Jonathan Noble
Brundle awarded OBE in King’s New Year’s honours
Formula 1
Formula 1
Brundle awarded OBE in King’s New Year’s honours
The new rules dilemma that will define the 2025 F1 season
Formula 1
Formula 1
The new rules dilemma that will define the 2025 F1 season
Verstappen issues Red Bull title warning in push for RB21 progress
Formula 1
Formula 1
Australian GP
Verstappen issues Red Bull title warning in push for RB21 progress
Latest news
Tom Cruise interested in racing ARCA car, per NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Charlotte II
2 h
Tom Cruise interested in racing ARCA car, per NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell
Gibbs, Spire and Gabehart argue over contempt and injunction
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Charlotte II
5 h
Gibbs, Spire and Gabehart argue over contempt and injunction
William Byron to run Jeff Gordon throwback Axalta scheme at Phoenix
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Charlotte II
6 h
William Byron to run Jeff Gordon throwback Axalta scheme at Phoenix
Alexander Rossi takes over IR-28 testing as IndyCar pushes new chassis to the limit at Sebring
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 6 h
Alexander Rossi takes over IR-28 testing as IndyCar pushes new chassis to the limit at Sebring
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe