Belgian Grand Prix, Spa - Provisional Starting grid

Following penalties for Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg (out-of-schedule gearbox changes) and Pastor Maldonado (impeding Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying), the starting grid for the 2012 F1 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa has a revised order from that shown at the end of qualifying on Saturday afternoon.

Provisional starting grid

1. #3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
2. #14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari
3. #9 Kimi R?ikk?nen Lotus-Renault
4. #15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari
5. #5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
6. #18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault +
7. #4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
8. #10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
9. #11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes
10. #1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
11. #12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
12. #2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault *
13. #7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes
14. #6 Felipe Massa Ferrari
15. #17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari
16. #16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari
17. #19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault
18. #20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault
19. #21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault
20. #24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth
21. #22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth
22. #25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth
23. #8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes *
24. #23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth

* = five-place penalty for out-of-sequence gearbox change+ - three-place penalty for impeding a competitor in qualifying