{"id":18458,"date":"2025-11-30T20:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T15:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=665114"},"modified":"2025-11-30T20:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T15:17:01","slug":"f1-qatar-grand-prix-2025-final-starting-grid-released-as-two-drivers-hit-with-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/formula-1\/f1-qatar-grand-prix-2025-final-starting-grid-released-as-two-drivers-hit-with-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Qatar Grand Prix 2025: Final Starting Grid Released as Two Drivers Hit With Penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FIA has officially released the final starting grid<\/strong> for the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2025<\/strong> at the Lusail Circuit<\/strong>, confirming two major penalties that reshuffle the lower half of the lineup.<\/p>\n

Two Cars Penalised Before the Start<\/strong><\/h3>\n

According to the FIA stewards\u2019 document:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Car 5 \u2013 Fernando Alonso<\/strong> receives a 5-place grid penalty<\/strong> for causing a collision<\/em> (Stewards\u2019 Document No. 51, Las Vegas GP 2025).<\/li>\n
  • Car 43 \u2013 Franco Colapinto<\/strong> is required to start from the pit lane<\/strong> after the car was modified while under Parc Ferm\u00e9 conditions<\/em> (Stewards\u2019 Document No. 55).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These decisions alter the final lineup, especially at the back of the field, where Colapinto will not take his grid slot but will start from the pit lane.<\/p>\n

    \n

    Final Starting Grid \u2013 Qatar GP 2025 (Confirmed by FIA)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Front Row<\/strong><\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)<\/strong> \u2013 1:19.387<\/em><\/li>\n
    2. Lando Norris (McLaren)<\/strong> \u2013 1:19.495<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Row 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)<\/strong> \u2013 1:19.651<\/em><\/li>\n
      2. George Russell (Mercedes)<\/strong> \u2013 1:19.662<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Row 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)<\/strong> \u2013 1:19.846<\/em><\/li>\n
        2. Isack Hadjar (RB)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.114<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Row 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n
            \n
          1. Carlos Sainz (Williams)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.287<\/em><\/li>\n
          2. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.418<\/em>
            \n(5-place penalty already applied to original qualifying position<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Row 5<\/strong><\/h3>\n
              \n
            1. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.477<\/em><\/li>\n
            2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.561<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Row 6<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                \n
              1. Nico H\u00fclkenberg (Kick Sauber)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.353<\/em><\/li>\n
              2. Liam Lawson (RB)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.433<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Row 7<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                  \n
                1. Oliver Bearman (Haas)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.438<\/em><\/li>\n
                2. Alex Albon (Williams)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.629<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Row 8<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                    \n
                  1. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.761<\/em><\/li>\n
                  2. Esteban Ocon (Haas)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.864<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Row 9<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                      \n
                    1. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.907<\/em><\/li>\n
                    2. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)<\/strong> \u2013 1:21.058<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Row 10<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                        \n
                      1. Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber)<\/strong> \u2013 1:20.534<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Pit Lane Start<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                          \n
                        1. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)<\/strong> \u2013 1:21.137<\/em>
                          \n(Starting from pit lane due to Parc Ferm\u00e9 modification)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                          The FIA has officially released the final starting grid for the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2025 at\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":39189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}