Haas F1 Team drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen qualified ninth and 14th, respectively, for Sunday's Russian Grand Prix, the 16th round of the FIA Formula One World Championship at Sochi Autodrom. Grosjean will start eighth and Magnussen 13th as Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, who qualified fourth, and Pierre Gasly of Toro Rosso, who qualified 11th, were issued five-position grid penalties for unapproved engine changes.

In Q1, both Haas F1 drivers advanced to Q2 with solid runs. Magnussen was sixth overall with a 1:33.889, Grosjean 11th in 1:34.283. The top-15 drivers advance to Q2.

Grosjean made a significant jump in the order in Q2, clocking the sixth-best lap of 1:33.643 to advance to Q3 along with the rest of the top-10. Magnussen's Q2 lap of 1:34.082 was 14th overall.

In Q3, Grosjean's best lap of 1:33.517 was ninth overall.

Romain Grosjean: "It was a good qualifying session today. It was very difficult as the wind picked up a lot from FP3, that really put the balance off initially in the session. I was happy that we managed to finally get back into Q3. The balance was very different between some corners, maybe I need an adjustable front wing, that would help. But seriously, we know the hybrid car we're running doesn't really like the wind, it was always going to be a bit of a challenge. We're just happy that we were competitive today. Race pace was encouraging, so I hope we get a good one tomorrow."

Kevin Magnussen: "It was a strong Q1, but then just messed it up in Q2 on my side, I lost it in seven and eight. I had very good pace in the car, so it's a real bummer. I don't know how the race will go. It looked good yesterday in terms of race pace, so we'll see what we can do tomorrow."

Guenther Steiner: "Not bad starting positions. We didn't expect this, but we never expect anything. We're pretty happy with these positions. We were happy to get into Q3 with Romain (Grosjean), who'll start eighth now, and unfortunately Kevin (Magnussen) had a gust of wind at Turn 10 on his Q2 run otherwise I think he'd have made it into Q3 as well. At the moment we're content with what we've got. We'll try to have a good race tomorrow and hopefully we can bring some points home."

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