Sebastian Vettel grabs third pole position at Silverstone
Rubens Barrichello second, Jenson Button sixth.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has grabbed for the third time this season the pole position for Sunday’s British Grand Prix confirming Red Bull’s great pace. The young German (1:19.509) beat easily Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello (1:19.856) and team-mate Mark Webber (1:19.868).
Toyota’s Jarno Trulli ended up fourth (1:20.091) ahead of Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima (1:20.216), championship leader Jenson Button (1:20.289), Nico Rosberg (1:20.361) and team-mate Timo Glock (1:20.490).
Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen finished ninth (1:20.715) and was followed by Renault’s Fernando Alonso (1:20.741), team-mate Felipe Massa. The Brazilian however, got knocked out in q2 along with BMW’s Robert Kubica, McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen, Renault’s Nelsinho Piquet and Nick Heidfeld.
Local hero Lewis Hamilton managed only 19th after his last timed attempt in q1 got interrupted by red flags for a big accident involving Adrian Sutil at Abbey.
The Force India driver, while approaching the Abbey chicane, failed to slow down his VJM02 and had a high speed impact into the barriers. Fortunately, he got out of the car uninjured. Test and reserve driver Vitantonio Liuzzi confirmed later on, that Sutil’s brake pedal broke right before the chicane.
2009 British Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:18.685 | 1:18.119 | 1:19.509 | 21 |
| 2 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:19.325 | 1:18.335 | 1:19.856 | 23 |
| 3 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:18.674 | 1:18.209 | 1:19.868 | 18 |
| 4 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:18.886 | 1:18.240 | 1:20.091 | 21 |
| 5 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:18.530 | 1:18.575 | 1:20.216 | 27 |
| 6 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:18.957 | 1:18.663 | 1:20.289 | 25 |
| 7 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:19.228 | 1:18.591 | 1:20.361 | 21 |
| 8 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:19.198 | 1:18.791 | 1:20.490 | 25 |
| 9 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:19.010 | 1:18.566 | 1:20.715 | 24 |
| 10 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:19.167 | 1:18.761 | 1:20.741 | 22 |
| 11 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.148 | 1:18.927 | 19 | |
| 12 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:19.730 | 1:19.308 | 21 | |
| 13 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.732 | 1:19.353 | 19 | |
| 14 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:19.555 | 1:19.392 | 18 | |
| 15 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:19.559 | 1:19.448 | 19 | |
| 16 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.802 | 11 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:19.898 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.909 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.917 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:20.236 | 12 |
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