Hamilton grabs pole position at Abu Dhabi
Sebastian Vettel second, Mark Webber third
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has dominated the qualifying session ahead of Sunday’s first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit, by comfortably grabbing his fourth pole position in the 2009 season (1:40.948).
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel (1:41.615) ended up second ahead of team-mate Mark Webber (1:41.726), Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello (1:41.786), 2009 world champion Jenson Button (1:41.892), Toyota’s Jarno Trulli (1:41.897) and the two BMW’s with Robert Kubica (1:41.992) beating team-mate Nick Heidfeld (1:42.343).
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen came only 11th fastest after being knocked out in Q2 along with Toyota’s Kamui Kobayashi, McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen, Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima and Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari. The McLaren Mercedes driver however, had to retire during Q2 after a gearbox problem which is likely to cost him a five-place grid penalty ahead of tomorrow’s race.
16th time for Renault’s Fernando Alonso, 17th and 18th for the two Force Indias with Tonio Liuzzi ahead of Adrian Sutil, 19th for Romain Grosjean and 20th for Ferrari’s Giancarlo Fisichella.
2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.873 | 1:39.695 | 1:40.948 |
| 2 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:40.666 | 1:39.984 | 1:41.615 |
| 3 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:40.667 | 1:40.272 | 1:41.726 |
| 4 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40.574 | 1:40.421 | 1:41.786 |
| 5 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40.378 | 1:40.148 | 1:41.892 |
| 6 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:40.517 | 1:40.373 | 1:41.897 |
| 7 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:40.520 | 1:40.545 | 1:41.992 |
| 8 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:40.558 | 1:40.635 | 1:42.343 |
| 9 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:40.842 | 1:40.661 | 1:42.583 |
| 10 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:40.908 | 1:40.430 | 1:42.713 |
| 11 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:41.100 | 1:40.726 | |
| 12 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:41.035 | 1:40.777 | |
| 13 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.808 | 1:40.983 | |
| 14 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:41.096 | 1:41.148 | |
| 15 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.503 | 1:41.689 | |
| 16 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:41.667 | ||
| 17 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.701 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.863 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:41.950 | ||
| 20 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:42.184 |
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