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Spanish GP: final starting grid

Blocking penalties for Felipe Massa and Esteban Gutierrez mean slight changes to the starting order for the Spanish Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg gave Mercedes its third straight pole position, and this time the team took a front-row sweep with Lewis Hamilton alongside him.

The remaining top five positions went to Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso.

Felipe Massa had qualified the second Ferrari on row three alongside Alonso, but was judged to have impeded Mark Webber during Q2.

Massa therefore drops to ninth, elevating Romain Grosjean, Webber and Sergio Perez.

Also penalised for Esteban Gutierrez, in his case for blocking Raikkonen.

The Sauber falls from 16th to 19th, behind the two Williams and Giedo van der Garde's Caterham.

Jenson Button had accused Pastor Maldonado of blocking him in Q1, but the incident was not pursued by the stewards.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car
 1.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes
 2.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes
 3.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault
 4.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault
 5.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari
 6.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault
 7.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault
 8.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes
 9.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari
10.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes
11.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari
12.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari
13.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes
14.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes
15.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari
16.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault
17.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault
18.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault
19.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari
20.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth
21.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth
22.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault

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