It's out and here's the top 10 in following post...
Japanese GP Grid: 1 Vettel; 2 Trulli; 3 Hamilton; 4 Heidfeld; 5 Raikkonen; 6 Barrichello; 7 Rosberg; 8 Sutil; 9 Kubica; 10 Button Timo Glock has now been officially ruled out for the Japanese Grand Prix by Toyota. No stand in chance for Kamui Koboyashi either Carol
autosport Button needs to score five more points than Barrichello to clinch the title in Japan and prevent the battle being taken to the next race in Brazil. The penalties handed out after qualifying are always applied in the order in which they were committed. The fact that Barrichello committed his offence of ignoring yellow flags before Button and Sutil means that he has lucked in to effectively losing just one place on the grid. Pos Driver Weight (kg) 1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 658.5 2. Trulli Toyota 655.5 3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 656.0 4. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 660.0 5. Raikkonen Ferrari 661.0 6. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 660.5 * 7. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 684.5 8. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 650.0 * 9. Kubica BMW-Sauber 686.0 10. Button Brawn-Mercedes 658.5 * 11. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 675.0 ** 12. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 682.5 13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 665.4 * 14. Fisichella Ferrari 661.5 15. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 695.7 16. Alonso Renault 689.5 * 17. Grosjean Renault 691.8 18. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 682.5 ** 19. Webber Red Bull-Renault - *** 20. Glock Toyota - **** * Five-place grid penalty ** Five-place grid penalty for changing gearbox *** New chassis so will start from the pitlane **** Will not start due to injury
Going over the possibilities, it seems the penalties, and other shifts were applied in the order: (WEB), BAR, ALO, BUE, BUT, SUT, LIU, KOV, (GLO)
It is hilarious to me that Alonso went to the stewards and was raising hell about the Brawns not lifting for the yellow and how they should have been penalized, only to have it come out that he also didn't lift. Surely he knew that he did not lift. So it must be true that either: -He felt he was going to get penalized and wanted to make sure the others did too -He didn't know if they would catch him but wanted to make sure the others were caught If it was the former, why wouldn't he just wait and see if he got a penalty first? ergo, I lean towards the latter. And based on that, what a little turd the man is.