Di Grassi loses second place
Lucas di Grassi has lost his second place on the grid for the Macau Grand Prix after he was penalised for ignoring yellow flags on his fastest qualifying lap
The Manor Motorsport driver set his best time in the dying minutes of Friday's final qualifying session - but was deemed to have not slowed down enough after Japanese F3 champion Joao Paolo de Oliveira crashed at Fisherman's Bend.
After speaking to the driver and looking at the timing sheets and video evidence, the stewards decided to delete di Grassi's two fastest laps - which will provisionally drop him down to fourth on the grid.
It means that Carlin Motorsport's Robert Kubica will start second, with di Grassi's teammate Mike Conway starting third - despite crashing out early in the session.
Revised results:
Pos Driver Make-Engine Time Laps 1. Loic Duval Dallara Mercedes-HWA 2:11.348 33 2. Robert Kubica Dallara Honda-Mugen/NB 2:12.163 + 0.815 34 3. Mike Conway Dallara Mercedes-HWA 2:12.254 + 0.906 25 4. Lucas Di Grassi Dallara Mercedes-HWA 2:13.081 + 1.733 34 5. Franck Perera Dallara Opel-Spiess 2:13.228 + 1.880 18 6. Paolo Montin Dallara Honda-Mugen/NB 2:13.236 + 1.888 30 7. Joao P De Oliveira Dallara Toyota-Tom's 2:13.247 + 1.899 30 8. Kazuki Nakajima Dallara Toyota-Tom's 2:13.273 + 1.925 24 9. Fabio Carbone SLC Opel-Spiess 2:13.306 + 1.958 18 10. Guillaume Moreau Dallara Opel-Spiess 2:13.337 + 1.989 35 11. Naoki Yokomizo Dallara Nissan-Tomei 2:13.515 + 2.167 30 12. Sebastian Vettel Dallara Mercedes-HWA 2:13.593 + 2.245 34 13. Charlie Kimball Dallara Honda-Mugen/NB 2:14.000 + 2.652 27 14. Danny Watts Dallara Toyota-Tom's 2:14.031 + 2.683 33 15. Christian Bakkerud Dallara Honda-Mugen/NB 2:14.127 + 2.779 33 16. Kohei Hirate Dallara Opel-Spiess 2:14.280 + 2.932 34 17. Karl Reindler Dallara Honda-Mugen/NB 2:14.283 + 2.935 37 18. Taku Bamba Dallara Toyota-Tom's 2:14.728 + 3.380 29 19. Dan Clarke Dallara Opel-Spiess 2:14.768 + 3.420 30 20. Romain Grosjean Dallara Opel-Spiess 2:14.847 + 3.499 36 21. Stephen Jelley Dallara Opel-Spiess 2:15.083 + 3.735 37 22. Bruno Senna Dallara Honda-Mugen/NB 2:15.520 + 4.172 21 23. Daisuke Ikeda Dallara Toyota-Tom's 2:15.891 + 4.543 34 24. Steven Kane Lola Honda-Mugen/NB 2:16.052 + 4.704 16 25. Rodolfo Avila Dallara Mercedes HWA 2:17.219 + 5.871 31 26. Fillip Salaquarda Dallara Opel-Spiess 2:17.574 + 6.226 21 27. Michael Ho Dallara Toyota-Tom's 2:18.117 + 6.769 30 28. Cheong Lou Meng Dallara Honda-Mugen/NB 2:19.887 + 8.539 12 29. Lei Kit Meng Dallara Opel-Spiess 2:22.497 + 11.149 33 30. Jo Merszei Dallara Honda-Mugen/NB 2:24.177 + 12.829 25
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