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VITANTONIO LIUZZI

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Sunday 18th October 2009

Tonio Liuzzi will start from last on the grid for the Brazilian Grand Prix after incurring a five-place penalty for a gearbox change.

Liuzzi qualified 15th in Saturday's rain-hit session in his Force India, sparking one of two red flags after crashing heavily at the start of Q2.

The Italian escaped unharmed after his car aquaplaned into the pit wall before sliding backwards into a tyre barrier, sustaining severe damage.

The team decided last night to change the gearbox, incurring the penalty that will see Liuzzi drop to 20th.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel now moves up a place to 15th and will start directly behind title rival Jenson Button in his Brawn GP.

McLaren duo Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton move up to 16th and 17th, with Nick Heidfeld in his BMW Sauber 18th and Ferrari's Giancarlo Fisichella 19th.

Revised Grid
01. BARRICHELLO Brawn
02. WEBBER Red Bull
03. SUTIL Force India
04. TRULLI Toyota
05. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
06. BUEMI Toro Rosso
07. ROSBERG Williams
08. KUBICA BMW
09. NAKAJIMA Williams
10. ALONSO Renault
11. KOBAYASHI Toyota
12. ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso
13. GROSJEAN Renault
14. BUTTON Brawn
15. VETTEL Red Bull
16. KOVALAINEN McLaren
17. HAMILTON McLaren
18. HEIDFELD BMW
19. FISICHELLA Ferrari
20. LIUZZI Force India*

* five-place penalty for gearbox change

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Your Comments

nightheron

"Jenson should hope Vettel comes through at the start and attacks. Sebastien has GOT to push through maybe that will provide an opening for Jenson. Or maybe this is just wishful thinking. Button really has blown it. Starting to get annoying, how many opportunities does he want to WASTE? Should have wrapped this up long ago."