Vettel grabs Australian Grand Prix pole, Webber P2
Webber completes an all Red Bull front row
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has grabbed his second consecutive pole position in the season at Melbourne ahead of team-mate Mark Webber, locking up the front row of the Australian Grand Prix.
The German clocked a best time of 1:23.919, beating by 0.116 seconds Mark Webber (1:24.035).
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso managed to secure the third place on the grid (1:24.111), ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button (1:24.675), team-mate Felipe Massa (1:24.837), Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg (1:24.884), Michael Schumacher (1:24.927), Williams’ Rubens Barrichello (1:25.217), Renault’s Robert Kubica (1:25.372) and Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:26.036).
2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton couldn’t make it past Q2 and had to settle with the 11th spot on Sunday’s grid. The Briton was followed by Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi, Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi, Sauber’s Pedro de la Rosa, Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi and Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari.
Lotus Racing duo Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli, despite being eliminated in Q1, finished up fastest among this year’s new teams.
2010 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:24.774 | 1:24.096 | 1:23.919 | 19 |
| 2 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:25.286 | 1:24.276 | 1:24.035 | 20 |
| 3 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.082 | 1:24.335 | 1:24.111 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.897 | 1:24.531 | 1:24.675 | 19 |
| 5 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.548 | 1:25.010 | 1:24.837 | 24 |
| 6 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes Benz GP Ltd | 1:24.788 | 1:24.788 | 1:24.884 | 26 |
| 7 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes Benz GP Ltd | 1:25.351 | 1:24.871 | 1:24.927 | 24 |
| 8 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:25.702 | 1:25.085 | 1:25.217 | 20 |
| 9 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:25.588 | 1:25.122 | 1:25.372 | 23 |
| 10 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:25.504 | 1:25.046 | 1:26.036 | 24 |
| 11 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.046 | 1:25.184 | 13 | |
| 12 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:26.061 | 1:25.638 | 17 | |
| 13 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.170 | 1:25.743 | 19 | |
| 14 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:26.089 | 1:25.747 | 15 | |
| 15 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:25.866 | 1:25.748 | 17 | |
| 16 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:26.251 | 1:25.777 | 16 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:26.095 | 1:26.089 | 16 | |
| 18 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:26.471 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:28.797 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:29.111 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:29.592 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:30.185 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:30.526 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:30.613 | 10 |
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