Jerome D'Ambrosio will start Sunday's Canadian GP after the stewards gave the Virgin Racing driver the go-ahead.
With Timo Glock revealing that Virgin "gambled a bit with the set-up" with rain forecast for Sunday's grand prix, both drivers suffered in the dry in qualifying.
While Glock qualified P22, D'Ambrosio failed to qualify as he was outside the 107 percent rule.
However, the stewards, taking into account that he was using a new chassis on Saturday after crashing on Friday, have decided to let the rookie race.
"It's been a tough 24 hours since my crash yesterday - both for me and the team," D'Ambrosio said.
"Getting the car built overnight and running again was a huge task for the guys but only half the battle as we then had just this morning's free practice session to try to arrive at a setup that would enable us to qualify.
"In the end it wasn't enough and I'm just very disappointed for myself and the team to have missed out. The car felt completely different to yesterday and clearly Timo's time is more representative of what we should have achieved in qualifying.
"I am very appreciative of the fact that the stewards have permitted me to race and I'm now focusing on tomorrow."
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