By Huw Alban
May 6 2006

Since the qualifying session finished this afternoon, we have learned that both Williams cars will undergo an engine change and drop 10 places down the grid. This will promote both Midland F1 drivers and give back some of what they lost - 16th for Albers, and 18th for Monteiro.

"Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg will both drop ten places on the grid for Sunday’s European Grand Prix after Williams decided to change the engines on their cars ahead of this afternoon’s qualifying session," read the announcement Formula1.com the official web site for the sport.

Mark Webber qualified 10th and Nico Rosberg 12th, which will become 20th and 22nd respectively.

At this point in time then, the grid for the European Grand Prix will appear like the table below, with Christijan 16th and Tiago 18th.

1 Fernando Alonso Renault
2 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
3 Felipe Massa Ferrari
4 Rubens Barrichello Honda
5 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
6 Jenson Button Honda
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota
8 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW
9 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes
10 Ralf Schumacher Toyota
11 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
12 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari
13 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW
14 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth
15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari
16 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota
17 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth
18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota
19 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth
20 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda
21 Franck Montagny Super Aguri-Honda
22 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth

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