Vettel grabs European Grand Prix pole, Webber P2 

Webber in P2, Hamilton P3, Alonso P4

Written by David on June 26th, 2010 at 3:17 pmLast Update: June 27th, 2010 at 4:21 pm

Red Bull RacingRed Bull Racing got back dominating the qualifying session by locking up the front row of the European Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel on pole position ahead of team mate Mark Webber.

The German clocked a best time of 1:37.587, beating by just 0.075 seconds Mark Webber (1:37.662).

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton secured the third place on the grid (1:37.969) ahead of local hero Fernando Alonso (1:38.075), Felipe Massa (1:38.127), Robert Kubica (1:38.137), Jenson Button (1:38.210), Nico Hulkenberg (1:38.428), Rubens Barrichello (1:38.428) and Vitaly Petrov (1:38.523).

Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi ended up 11th and was followed by Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg, Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi, Michael Schumacher, Pedro de la Rosa and Jaime Alguersuari.

2010 European Grand Prix, (Valencia) Qualifying Session results:

Pos. No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:38.324 1:38.015 1:37.587 18
2 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:38.549 1:38.041 1:37.662 21
3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.697 1:38.158 1:37.969 17
4 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.472 1:38.179 1:38.075 23
5 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.657 1:38.046 1:38.127 22
6 11 Robert Kubica Renault 1:38.132 1:38.062 1:38.137 18
7 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.360 1:38.399 1:38.210 22
8 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:38.843 1:38.523 1:38.428 23
9 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:38.449 1:38.326 1:38.428 23
10 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:39.004 1:38.552 1:38.523 21
11 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:39.096 1:38.586 15
12 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:38.752 1:38.627 12
13 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:39.021 1:38.851 14
14 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:38.969 1:38.884 15
15 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:38.994 1:39.234 19
16 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.003 1:39.264 16
17 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:39.128 1:39.458 16
18 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.343 9
19 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:40.658 11
20 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:40.882 11
21 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:42.086 11
22 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:42.140 9
23 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:42.600 9
24 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:42.851 10

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