Adrian Sutil to start at back of F1 grid in Bahrain

Manama: Sauber`s Adrian Sutil was relegated to the back of the Bahrain Grand Prix starting grid on Saturday for forcing Romain Grosjean`s Lotus off the road in qualifying.

Race stewards handed the German a five place drop from his 18th place, as well as two licence-style penalty points, for the incident. Grosjean was approaching the Sauber when Sutil moved to the right and forced the Frenchman to brake and swerve off to prevent a collision. Grosjean qualified 16th for the floodlit Formula One race and played down the near-miss: "It probably looked quite close on television but it wasn`t," he told reporters.