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Starting Grid for the Qatar GP after Verstappen, Bottas penalties

Article To news overview © Red Bull Contentpool Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix. Joining him on the front row will be AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly. The French driver may have caused the yellow flags at the end of Q3 that set off a wave of stewards' investigations but, with other drivers penalised as a result, he'll start from second place. Max Verstappen, who was due to start from second, will start the race from seventh after being given a five-place grid penalty for failing to slow for double waved yellow flags, while Valtteri Bottas has been demoted from his original third-place slot. Instead, he'll start from fifth, having served his...
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