Japanese Formula One Grand Prix starting

Starting grid for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix, the 15th of 17 races, over 67 laps of 4.563 kilometres for a race distance of 305.721 kilometres: <#> First row: 1. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, McLaren-Mercedes 2. Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren-Mercedes Second row: 3. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari 4. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari Third row: 5. Nick Heidfeld, Germany, BMW 6. Jenson Button, Britain, Honda Fourth row: 7. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull 8. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, STR-Ferrari Fifth row: 9. Robert Kubica, Poland, BMW 10. Giancarlo Fisichella, Italy, Renault Sixth row: 11. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, Renault 12. Jarno Trulli, Italy, Toyota Seventh row: 13. David Coulthard, Britain, Red Bull 14. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italy, Toro Rosso Eighth row: 15. Ralf Schumacher, Germany, Toyota 16. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Williams * placed ten places back after engine change Ninth row: 17. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Honda 18. Alexander Wurz, Austria, Williams 10th row: 19. Anthony Davidson, Britain, Super Aguri 20. Adrian Sutil, Germany, Spyker 11th row 21. Takuma Sato, Japan, Super Aguri 22. Sakon Yamamoto, Japan, Spyker <#> dpa adh