Four penalties applied before qualifying sees a few minor changes to the grid for Sunday’s Indian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton was demoted three-places for speeding under yellow flags during FP1, he will start fifth, rather than second.
Vitaly Petrov will start in 16th after he was handed a five-place penalty in Korea for his incident with Michael Schumacher.
Sergio Perez starts 20th, after he too ignored yellow flags on Friday.
Daniel Ricciardo will start 22nd after HRT opted to change his gearbox prior to Q1, he qualified 21st, but would have dropped to 23rd had his teammate not been penalised after the session.
Timo Glock will likely start last after failing to set a time within the 107% rule and will likely need a gearbox change after suffering a sticky fifth gear – though this is yet to be confirmed.
Narain Karthikeyan was handed a five-place drop after qualifying for impeding Michael Schumacher, so he will start from 23rd, ahead of Glock.
Indian GP Qualifying Results (penalties applied):
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 Time | Q2 Time | Q3 Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:26.218 | 1:24.657 | 1:24.178 |
| 02. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:26.473 | 1:25.282 | 1:24.508 |
| 05. | L. Hamilton* | McLaren | 1:26.563 | 1:25.019 | 1:24.474 |
| 04. | J. Button | McLaren | 1:26.225 | 1:25.299 | 1:24.950 |
| 14. | B. Senna | Renault | 1:26.766 | 1:26.651 | |
| 03. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:26.774 | 1:25.158 | 1:24.519 |
| 06. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.012 | 1:25.522 | 1:25.122 |
| 08. | A. Sutil | Force India | 1:26.271 | 1:26.140 | No Time |
| 13. | P. Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.829 | 1:26.537 | |
| 17. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:27.876 | ||
| 20. | S. Perez* | Sauber | 1:27.249 | 1:27.562 | |
| 16. | V. Petrov* | Renault | 1:26.189 | 1:26.319 | |
| 15. | R. Barrichello | Williams | 1:27.479 | 1:27.247 | |
| 11. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:26.790 | 1:26.337 | |
| 07. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.364 | 1:25.555 | 1:25.451 |
| 09. | S. Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.608 | 1:26.161 | No Time |
| 10. | J. Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:26.557 | 1:26.319 | No Time |
| 12. | P. di Resta | Force India | 1:26.864 | 1:26.503 | |
| 19. | J. Trulli | Team Lotus | 1:28.752 | ||
| 22. | D. Ricciardo* | Hispania | 1:30.216 | ||
| 18. | H. Kovalainen | Team Lotus | 1:28.565 | ||
| 21. | J. d’Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:30.866 | ||
| 24. | T. Glock | Virgin | 1:34.046 | ||
| 23. | N. Karthikeyan | Hispania | 1:30.238 | ||
| Q1 107% Time: | 1:32.2221 | ||||
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