Belgian GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING

    It's Nico Rosberg who starts the Belgian Grand Prix from Pole Position, while team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, faces a 60-Place-Grid-Penalty after multiple power unit changes and the team breaking the seal on his gearbox. Fernando Alonso, Esteban Gutierrez and Marcus Ericsson also have grid penalties.

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the six slowest are eliminated.

Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the six slowest are eliminated.

Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP

1. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes-Mercedes / Germany

2. Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / Netherlands

3. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

4. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

5. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / Australia

6. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

7. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India-Mercedes / Germany

8. Valtteri Bottas / Williams-Mercedes / Finland

9. Jenson Button / McLaren-Honda / Great Britain

10. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

11. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France

12. Kevin Magnussen / Renault-Renault / Denmark

13. Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain

14. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / Spain

15. Pascal Wehrlein / Manor-Mercedes / Germany

16. Felipe Nasr / Sauber-Ferrari / Brazil

17. Esteban Ocon / Manor-Mercedes / France

18. Esteban Gutierrez / Haas-Ferrari / Mexico*

19. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / Russia

20. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden**

21. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain***

22. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain****

* - (Gutierrez) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for impeding Wehrlein during FP3

** - (Ericsson) 10-Place-Grid-Penalty for turbo change

*** - (Hamilton) 55-Place-Grid-Penalty for multiple power unit changes

**** - (Alonso) 60-Place-Grid-Penalty for multiple power unit changes

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