Marco Sørensen will start on pole position for the Sprint Race in Sochi thanks to Julián Leal being demoted one position after the race. Stéphane Richelmi also dropped a position after a post-race time penalty demoted the Monegasque driver one position. This is how the grid lines up.
Grid | Driver | Team |
1 | Sørensen | MP Motorsport |
2 | Canamasas | Trident |
3 | Negrão | Arden International |
4 | Vandoorne | ART Grand Prix |
5 | Pic | Campos Racing |
6 | Marciello | Racing Engineering |
7 | Evans | RT RUSSIAN TIME |
8 | Palmer | DAMS |
9 | Leal | Carlin |
10 | Berthon | Venezuela GP Lazarus |
11 | Gasly | Caterham Racing |
12 | Lancaster | Hilmer Motorsport |
13 | Sato | Campos Racing |
14 | De Jong | MP Motorsport |
15 | Trummer | Rapax |
16 | Markelov | RT RUSSIAN TIME |
17 | Nasr | Carlin |
18 | Haryanto | Caterham Racing |
19 | Cecotto | Trident |
20 | Izawa | ART Grand Prix |
21 | Ellinas | Rapax |
22 | Richelmi | DAMS |
23 | Binder | Arden International |
24 | Abt | Hilmer Motorsport |
25 | Coletti | Racing Engineering |
26 | Campana | Venezuela GP Lazarus |