Vettel takes crucial pole position in Abu Dhabi 

Hamilton second, Alonso third, Webber fifth.

Written by David on November 13th, 2010 at 4:18 pmLast Update: November 15th, 2010 at 7:10 pm

Sebastian VettelRed 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
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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