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British GP: revised starting grid after Paul di Resta penalty

The British Grand Prix grid changed post-qualifying for all bar the Mercedes and Red Bulls, as Paul di Resta's exclusion from the results dropped his Force India from fifth to the back

Di Resta's penalty for being underweight brings Daniel Ricciardo's Toro Rosso into the top five. Force India still has a car on row three, as Adrian Sutil is elevated to sixth.

Caterham driver Giedo van der Garde was set to start last as he had a 10-place penalty for colliding with Nico Hulkenberg while being lapped in Canada.

But di Resta's issue cancels out that punishment, as it brings van der Garde back up to 21st, which was where he had originally qualified.

Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg share the front row, followed by the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.

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

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