Sebastien Buemi and Timo Glock have each been handed penalties for impeding other drivers during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Buemi was given a three-place penalty for impeding Nico Rosberg and Timo Glock got a five-place penalty for holding up Sakon Yamamoto.
However the stewards decided against punishing Jarno Trulli or Lucas di Grassi for their collision during qualifying.
The stewards did not explain why Buemi and Glock received different penalties.
Following the penalties the grid is believed to be as follows:
| Row 1 | 1. Mark Webber 1’45.778 Red Bull-Renault |
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| 2. Lewis Hamilton 1’45.863 McLaren-Mercedes |
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| Row 2 | 3. Robert Kubica 1’46.100 Renault |
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| 4. Sebastian Vettel 1’46.127 Red Bull-Renault |
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| Row 3 | 5. Jenson Button 1’46.206 McLaren-Mercedes |
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| 6. Felipe Massa 1’46.314 Ferrari |
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| Row 4 | 7. Rubens Barrichello 1’46.602 Williams-Cosworth |
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| 8. Adrian Sutil 1’46.659 Force India-Mercedes |
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| Row 5 | 9. Nico Hulkenberg 1’47.053 Williams-Cosworth |
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| 10. Fernando Alonso 1’47.441 Ferrari |
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| Row 6 | 11. Jaime Alguersuari 1’48.267 Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
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| 12. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1’48.680 Force India-Mercedes |
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| Row 7 | 13. Heikki Kovalainen 1’50.980 Lotus-Cosworth |
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| 14. Nico Rosberg 1’47.885 Mercedes |
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| Row 8 | 15. Jarno Trulli 2’01.491 Lotus-Cosworth |
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| 16. Sebastien Buemi 1’49.209 Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
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| Row 9 | 17. Kamui Kobayashi 2’02.284 Sauber-Ferrari |
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| 18. Bruno Senna 2’03.612 HRT-Cosworth |
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| Row 10 | 19. Sakon Yamamoto 2’03.941 HRT-Cosworth |
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| 20. Timo Glock 1’52.049 Virgin-Cosworth |
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| Row 11 | 21. Michael Schumacher 1’47.874 Mercedes |
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| 22. Pedro de la Rosa 2’05.294 Sauber-Ferrari |
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| Row 12 | 23. Lucas di Grassi 2’18.154 Virgin-Cosworth |
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| 24. Vitaly Petrov Renault |
As penalties are applied in the order they are declared, Rosberg’s five-place penalty (for a gearbox change) has only dropped him from 12th to 14th.
2010 Belgian Grand Prix
daykind
28th August 2010, 19:02
Right, well quite a few changes but would you look at that, Kovalainen in 13th place. That’s incredible!
miguelF1O (@)
29th August 2010, 0:58
the whole world is against Richard Branson Timo was 17th now with all this changes 20th with rain or no rain virgin isnt getting 10th
Mike
29th August 2010, 9:25
Exactly! that’s why he owns only one airline company? can you image? tut tut…
… Unlucky is the word I’d use…
disjunto
28th August 2010, 19:18
could be interesting, half the pack is out of order :D
sato113
28th August 2010, 19:27
yep, 2 Saubers, a Renault and both Mercedes all mixed in with the backmarkers.
Macca (@macca)
28th August 2010, 19:39
Didn’t Rosberg qualify 11th before penalties, not 12th.
Steph (@)
28th August 2010, 20:55
I think it was 12th as Schu outqualified him but just missed q3 meaning he was 11th and Ros 12th.
Robert McKay
28th August 2010, 19:40
“The stewards did not explain why Buemi and Glock received different penalties.”
Because the FIA Random Penalty Generator (TM) has been in action again.
TommyB (@tommyb89)
28th August 2010, 23:54
True.
Ridiculous how Trulli didn’t get a penalty, if blocking a persons hotlap is a penalty then how is taking them clean out not a penalty?
Hamish
29th August 2010, 1:28
Jarno was on a hot lap also. Was very smug of Schumacher to not back off before the start of the lap and just expect to breeze past the Lotus.
damonsmedley (@damonsmedley)
29th August 2010, 4:48
But di Grassi had run deep into the first part of Stavelot and I suspect Trulli was convinced he was headed for the gravel or the wall, therefore he assumed the racing line. As di Grassi angled his car back towards the racing line they touched, so I don’t think either driver was at fault – as ridiculous as the incident seemed. :D Those were a crazy few moments on the track and it was a miracle no-one crashed! Great onboard from Michael though! :P
Scalextric
28th August 2010, 19:52
“holding up Sakon Yamamoto”. Wow. Must have been going pretty slowly.
JT19 (@jt19)
28th August 2010, 20:02
haha love that!! must of bin going about 40mph
Todfod
29th August 2010, 7:21
I thought installation laps were quicker than Yamamoto’s flyers.
sato113
28th August 2010, 20:40
right, done some betting online for this one… could win 60 quid or so. unlikely…
Tiomkin
28th August 2010, 20:45
I hope the fast players at the back don’t expect the ‘Moses treatment’. That is the slower must give way to them.
Moses Treatment patented by Mr F Alonso.
Dipak T
28th August 2010, 22:19
I was liking the whole ‘you shall not pass’ thing Trulli was puuting on Schumacher in Q1.
Icthyes (@icthyes)
28th August 2010, 22:42
“Mark, Lewis, Robert, Sebastian, Jenson, Felipe, Rubens, Adrian, Nico – Alonso is faster than you. Please confirm you understand.”
Dan Newton
28th August 2010, 23:39
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
HounslowBusGarage
28th August 2010, 23:49
Brilliant!
(Your comment is too short, perfect, pithy, exact, precise, funny, sarcastic, irrelevant, infantile . . .)
HounslowBusGarage
28th August 2010, 23:52
Looking at the grid in only glancing detail, I am delighted that WEB and MAS seem to be in front of their respective team mates.
The day of the Number Two’s?
DaveW
29th August 2010, 1:00
Yeah, how did Trulli escape a penalty for Causing and Avoidable Accident? Every angle showed he basically rammed DeGrassi off the road. When interviewed about it by SpeedTV, his galling answer was that DeGrassi had previously failed to let him by.
Yamamoto’s time was only a little bit behind Senna’s. His cash-to-talent ratio is definitely better than some of the historic pay-hacks like Deletraz, Baumgartner, or Inoue. If he didn’t get blocked, maybe he makes Q2. OK, maybe not.