McLaren Drivers Rightly Penalised

As predicted, Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton have both been handed 5 place grid penalties from the race stewards for blocking off Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso whilst saving fuel on their in laps. This promotes Jarno Trulli to a remarkable 3rd place with Kubica 4th. Heidfeld, the aggrieved party from qualy, moves up to fifth, Webber in sixth and Alonso seventh. A pretty dismal start to the weekend so far for McLaren, and they're going to have a tough race for sure tomorrow.

Revised Starting Grid

1. Massa
2. Raikkonen
3. Trulli
4. Kubica
5. Heidfeld
6. Webber
7. Alonso
8. Kovalainen*
9. Hamilton*
10. Glock
11. Button
12. Coulthard
13. Piquet
14. Barrichello
15. Vettel
16. Rosberg
17. Fisichella
18. Bourdais
19. Sato
20. Sutil
21. Davidson
22. Nakajima**

* = 5 place penalty
** = 10 place penalty