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Grosjean hit by two place grid penalty

Romain Grosjean has been handed a two place grid penalty following qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

At the start of Q2, a number of cars lined up at the end of the pit lane - with both Williams cars waiting at the head of the queue for three minutes - ahead of the green light in order to get out on track quickly with heavy rain threatening.

The stewards noted Grosjean's car "did not leave the pit lane in the order that it arrived", which is a breach of the regulations and imposed a drop of two grid positions.

Grosjean had originally qualified in eighth place having made it through to Q3, but the penalty will see him demoted to tenth on the grid, with Valtteri Bottas moving up to eighth and Marcus Ericsson ninth respectively.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.