Vettel grabs European Grand Prix pole, Webber P2
Webber in P2, Hamilton P3, Alonso P4
Red 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 |
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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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