Vettel takes crucial pole position in Abu Dhabi
Hamilton second, Alonso third, Webber fifth.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi his tenth pole position in the season.
The young German clocked a best time of 1:39.394, beating by just 0.031 seconds McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton (1:39.425) and by 0.398 championship leader Fernando Alonso (1:39.792).
Reigning world champion Jenson Button qualified fourth (1:39.823) and was followed by Red Bull’s Mark Webber (1:39.925), Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:40.202), Williams’ Rubens Barrichello (1:40.203), Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher (1:40.516), Nico Rosberg (1:40.589) and Renault’s Vitaly Petrov (1:40.901).
Robert Kubica qualified 11th in the other Renault, ahead of Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi, Force India’s Adrian Sutil, Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld, Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg, Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi.
Lotus Racing’s Jarno Trulli was the fastest within the new teams with the 19th time and was followed by team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, Virgin’s Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi, HRT’s Bruno Senna and Christian Klien.
2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:
Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
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1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:40.318 | 1:39.874 | 1:39.394 | 17 |
2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.335 | 1:40.119 | 1:39.425 | 19 |
3 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.170 | 1:40.311 | 1:39.792 | 21 |
4 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.877 | 1:40.014 | 1:39.823 | 23 |
5 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:40.690 | 1:40.074 | 1:39.925 | 20 |
6 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:40.942 | 1:40.323 | 1:40.202 | 19 |
7 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:40.904 | 1:40.476 | 1:40.203 | |
8 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:41.222 | 1:40.452 | 1:40.516 | |
9 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:40.231 | 1:40.060 | 1:40.589 | |
10 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:41.018 | 1:40.658 | 1:40.901 | |
11 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:41.336 | 1:40.780 | ||
12 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41.045 | 1:40.783 | ||
13 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.473 | 1:40.914 | ||
14 | 22 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41.409 | 1:41.113 | ||
15 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:41.015 | 1:41.418 | ||
16 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.681 | 1:41.642 | ||
17 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.707 | 1:41.738 | ||
18 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.824 | |||
19 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:43.516 | |||
20 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:43.712 | |||
21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:44.095 | |||
22 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:44.510 | |||
23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:45.085 | |||
24 | 20 | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 1:45.296 |
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