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Several penalties were imposed after the qualifying session of the US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas.

So here is the official starting grid for Sunday's race:

Row 1
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W05) - 1'36"067 - Q3
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes W05) - 1'36"443 - Q3

Row 2
Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW36-Mercedes) - 1'36"906 - Q3
Felipe Massa (Williams FW36-Mercedes) - 1'37"205 - Q3

Row 3
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 1'37"244 - Q3
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F14 T) - 1'37"610 - Q3

Row 4
Kevin Magnussen (McLaren MP4-29-Mercedes) - 1'37"706 - Q3
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F14 T) - 1'37"804 - Q3

Row 5
Adrian Sutil (Sauber C33-Ferrari) - 1'38"810 - Q3
Pastor Maldonado (Lotus E22-Renault) - 1'38"467 - Q2

Jenson Button, McLaren MP4-29 (Photo: WRI2)

Row 6
Sergio Perez (Force India VJM07-Mercedes) - 1'38"554 - Q2
Jenson Button (McLaren MP4-29-Mercedes) - 1'37"655 - Q3 *

Row 7
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM07-Mercedes) - 1'38"598 - Q2
Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR9-Renault) - 1'39"250 - Q1

Row 8
Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber C33-Ferrari) - 1'39"555 - Q1
Romain Grosjean (Lotus E22-Renault) - 1'39"679 - Q1

Row 9
Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso STR9-Renault) - 1'38"699 - Q2 *

Start from the pit lane
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB10-Renault) - 1'39"621 - Q1 *

*Button penalized for a new gearbox, Kvyat penalized for change of power unit. Vettel has used all five of his power units allocated.