[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by alfettafan

Can anyone explain how The penalties are actually applied ? Verstappen has a 20 place penalty and starts 14th, Saint has a ten place penalty and starts 15th ? How is that possible ?

The F1 site lists the penalties as:
Alonso 35, Ricciardo 20, Verstappen 20, Sainz 10, Hulkenberg 10, Palmer 15

Applied to Qualifying

Orig	Dri	Pen	New
2	VER	20	22
3	RIC	25	28
4	STR		4
5	OCO		5
6	BOT		6
7	RAI		7
8	VET		8
9	MAS		9
10	VAN		10
11	PER		11
12	HUL	10	22
13	ALO	35	48
14	KVY		14
15	SAI	10	25
16	MAG		16
17	PAL	15	32
18	ERI		18
19	WEH		19
NC	GRO		NC

Which results in:

Qual	Dri	Lines Up
4	STR	2
5	OCO	3
6	BOT	4
7	RAI	5
8	VET	6
9	MAS	7
10	VAN	8
11	PER	9
14	KVY	10
16	MAG	11
18	ERI	12
19	WEH	13
22	VER	14
22	HUL	15
25	SAI	16
28	RIC	17
32	PAL	18
48	ALO	19
NC	GRO	20