SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

FIA releases Italian GP starting grid

On Saturday evening, in light of all the potential grid penalties, the FIA releases the grid for Sunday’s race.

On Saturday evening, in light of all the potential grid penalties, the FIA releases the grid for Sunday’s race.

Max Verstappen, after qualifying second behind Charles Leclerc, was hit with a five-place penalty for adding a fresh internal combustion engine to his pool.

While Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton all took penalties after qualifying, Verstappen will still receive a net-five-place penalty by the FIA’s existing methodology, so he will line up seventh on the grid.

George Russell will start in second alongside Leclerc, followed by the two McLaren’s of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo on the second row of the grid.

Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso make up the third row of the grid.

F1 debutant Nyck de Vries, substituting for Alex Albon will start from the eighth position on the grid.

Carlos Sainz will start from 18th place, with Lewis Hamilton and Yuki Tsunoda following him.

The grid as it now stands is as follows:

Saturday Qualifying Session
POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	ENTRANT
1.	Charles Leclerc	Monaco	Ferrari
2.	George Russell	Britain	Mercedes
3.	Lando Norris	Britain	McLaren-Mercedes
4.	Daniel Ricciardo	Australia	McLaren-Mercedes
5.	Pierre Gasly	France	AlphaTauri-Red Bull
6.	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Alpine-Renault
7.	Max Verstappen	Netherlands	Red Bull Racing
8.	Nyck de Vries	Netherlands	Williams-Mercedes
9.	Guanyu Zhou	China	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
10.	Nicholas Latifi	Canada	Williams-Mercedes
11.	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Aston Martin-Mercedes
12.	Lance Stroll	Canada	Aston Martin-Mercedes
13.	Sergio Perez	Mexico	Red Bull Racing
14.	Esteban Ocon	France	Alpine-Renault
15.	Valtteri Bottas	Finland	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
16.	Kevin Magnussen	Denmark	Haas-Ferrari
17.	Mick Schumacher	Germany	Haas-Ferrari
18.	Carlos Sainz	Spain	Ferrari
19.	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	Mercedes
20.	Yuki Tsunoda	Japan	AlphaTauri-Red Bull