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Malaysian GP: Final starting grid

Valtteri Bottas is the only driver to receive a grid penalty after qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix

The Williams driver has now been penalised at each of the first two events of the 2014 Formula 1 season.

In Australia, he was demoted from 10th to 15th on the grid for a gearbox change, while this weekend he falls from 15th to 18th having been found guilty of impeding Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull.

The rest of the grid lines up in qualifying order.

Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel to pole, with Nico Rosberg pipping Fernando Alonso to third place.

Pos  Driver             Team/Car
 1.  Lewis Hamilton     Mercedes
 2.  Sebastian Vettel   Red Bull-Renault
 3.  Nico Rosberg       Mercedes
 4.  Fernando Alonso    Ferrari
 5.  Daniel Ricciardo   Red Bull-Renault
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen     Ferrari
 7.  Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes
 8.  Kevin Magnussen    McLaren-Mercedes
 9.  Jean-Eric Vergne   Toro Rosso-Renault
10.  Jenson Button      McLaren-Mercedes
11.  Daniil Kvyat       Toro Rosso-Renault
12.  Esteban Gutierrez  Sauber-Ferrari
13.  Felipe Massa       Williams-Mercedes
14.  Sergio Perez       Force India-Mercedes
15.  Romain Grosjean    Lotus-Renault
16.  Pastor Maldonado   Lotus-Renault
17.  Adrian Sutil       Sauber-Ferrari
18.  Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes
19.  Jules Bianchi      Marussia-Ferrari
20.  Kamui Kobayashi    Caterham-Renault
21.  Max Chilton        Marussia-Ferrari
22.  Marcus Ericsson    Caterham-Renault
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