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Austrian GP: Final F1 grid with Red Bull and McLaren penalties

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat will start highest placed of the four drivers taking grid penalties for the Austrian Grand Prix

The Russian set the eighth fastest time in qualifying and has taken a 10-place penalty for having an unscheduled engine change before the session.

Governing body the FIA has applied his penalty first, so he drops from eighth to 18th in the final classification, ahead of both Manor Marussias.

Penalties are then applied to Daniel Ricciardo (10 places) and the McLarens of Fernando Alonso (20 places) and Jenson Button (25 places), which elevates Kvyat to 15th place on the grid.

Ricciardo qualified 14th but will start 18th, and will serve a five-second time penalty at his first pitstop for the six extra grid spots he cannot drop.

Alonso has been relegated to 19th spot after qualifying 15th, but will have to serve the remaining 16 places of his sanction via a drive-through penalty that must be taken in the first three laps of the race.

Team-mate Jenson Button qualified 17th and will start 20th, but the 2009 world champion will have to serve a 10s stop-go penalty in the first three laps of the race to make up the 22-place shortfall in his penalty.

STARTING GRID AND RACE PENALTIES:

Pos  Driver            Car
 1.  Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes
 2.  Nico Rosberg      Mercedes
 3.  Sebastian Vettel  Ferrari
 4.  Felipe Massa      Williams-Mercedes
 5.  Nico Hulkenberg   Force India-Mercedes
 6.  Valtteri Bottas   Williams-Mercedes
 7.  Max Verstappen    Toro Rosso-Renault
 8.  Felipe Nasr       Sauber-Ferrari
 9.  Romain Grosjean   Lotus-Mercedes
10.  Pastor Maldonado  Lotus-Mercedes
11.  Marcus Ericsson   Sauber-Ferrari
12.  Carlos Sainz Jr   Toro Rosso-Renault
13.  Sergio Perez      Force India-Mercedes
14.  Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari
15.  Daniil Kvyat      Red Bull-Renault
16.  Roberto Merhi     Marussia-Ferrari
17.  Will Stevens      Marussia-Ferrari
18.  Daniel Ricciardo  Red Bull-Renault*
19.  Fernando Alonso   McLaren-Honda**
20.  Jenson Button     McLaren-Honda***

* + 5s pitstop penalty
** + drive-through penalty
*** + 10s stop/go penalty

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