Starting grid - Bahrain GP

Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel will line up on the front row in Bahrain, with Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber both dropping back due to penalties...
19.04.2013- Free Practice 2, Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 W04
19.04.2013- Free Practice 2, Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 W04
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Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber will both take penalties before they line-up on the grid on Sunday for the F1 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton drops five places to ninth because of a gearbox change, while Webber loses three places after his collision with Jean-Eric Vergne i🐎n China last Sunday.

Nico Rosberg will start from pole position, his second at the pinnacle of the sport and Mercedes' second in succession. Seb▨astian Vettel will start alongside him, with the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa on row two.

Esteban Gutierrez will line-up lasꦡt - dropping from 18th to 22nd following the five-place drop he incurred in Shanghai after crashing into Adrian Sutil🐎.

Starting grid

Row 1
1. Nico RosbergGermanyMercedes-Mercedes
2. Sebastian VettelGermanyRed Bull-Renault

Row 2
3. Fernando AlonsoSpainFerrari-Ferrari
4. Felipe MassaBrazilFerrari-Ferrari

Row 3
5 Paul di RestaBritainForce India-Mercedes
6. Adrian SutilGermanyForce India-Mercedes

Row 4
7. Mark WebberAustraliaRed Bull-Renault*
8. Kimi RaikkonenFinlandLotus-Renault

Row 5
9. Lewis HamiltonBritainMercedes-Mercedes*
10. Jenson ButtonBritainMcLaren-Mercedes

Row 6
11. Romain GrosjeanFranceLotus-Renault
12. Sergio PerezMexicoMcLaren-Mercedes

Row 7
13. Daniel RicciardoAustraliaToro Rosso-Ferrari
14. Nico HulkenbergGermanySauber-Ferrari

Row 8
15. Valtteri BottasFinlandWilliams-Renault
16. Jean-Eric VergneFranceToro Rosso-Ferrari

Row 9
17. Pastor MaldonadoVenezuelaWilliams-Renault
18. Charles PicFranceCaterham-Renault

Row 10
19. Jules BianchiFranceMarussia-Cosworth
20. Giedo van der GardeHollandCaterham-Renault

Row 11
21. Max ChiltonBritainMarussia-Cosworth
22. Esteban GutierrezMexicoSauber-Ferrari*

* denotes grid penalty

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