Daniil Kvyat will start the 71-lap Austrian Grand Prix from the pit-lane, after requiring a new gearbox and chassis following his heavy incident during qualifying.
The Russian racer suffered a rear suspension failure on the exit of Turn 8 after running wide and onto the notorious kerbs which line several parts of the resurfaced Red Bull Ring.
The subsequent failure sent Kvyat spearing into the inside barrier dividing the pit entry on the apex of Turn 9, destroying his Toro Rosso in the process.
Following extensive work on the Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso, Kvyat’s mechanics were forced to break the overnight curfew in a bid to complete the repair job in preparation for the race.
Kvyat was scheduled to start the race from 18th on the grid following a flurry of late penalties after qualifying for Jolyon Palmer, Rio Haryanto and Felipe Nasr for not slowing for yellow flags.
Austrian GP Starting Grid
| Pos | Driver | Team | |||
| 1 |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | |||
| 2 |  Nico Hulkenberg |
Force India-Mercedes | |||
| 3 | Jenson Button |
McLaren-Honda | |||
| 4 |  Kimi Raikkonen |
Ferrari | |||
| 5 |  Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull | |||
| 6 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | |||
| 7 | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams-Mercedes | |||
| 8 |  Max Verstappen |
Red Bull | |||
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari | |||
| 10 |  Felipe Massa |
Williams-Mercedes | |||
| 11 |  Esteban Gutierrez |
Haas-Ferrari | |||
| 12 | Pascal Wehrlein |
Manor-Mercedes | |||
| 13 |  Romain Grosjean |
Haas-Ferrari | |||
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso |
McLaren-Honda | |||
| 15 | Carlos Sainz |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |||
| 16 | Sergio Perez |
Force India-Mercedes | |||
| 17 |  Kevin Magnussen |
Renault | |||
| 18 |  Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber-Ferrari | |||
| 19 | Jolyon Palmer |
Renault | |||
| 20 |  Rio Haryanto |
Manor-Mercedes | |||
| 21 | Felipe Nasr |
Sauber-Ferrari | |||
| 22 |  Daniil Kvyat |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
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