Yet another pole for Vettel in China
Mark Webber P2, Fernando Alonso P3
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel has claimed his third pole position in the season at Shanghai ahead of team-mate Mark Webber.
The young German clocked a best time of 1:34.558, beating by 0.248 seconds Mark Webber (1:34.806) and by 0.355 Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso (1:34.913).
Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg managed to secure the fourth place on Sunday’s Chinese grid (1:34.923) ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button (1:34.979), Lewis Hamilton (1:35.034), Ferrari’s Felipe Massa (1:35.180), Renault’s Robert Kubica (1:35.364), team-mate Michael Schumacher (1:35.646) and Force India’s Adrian Sutil (1:35.963).
Williams’ Rubens Barrichello ended up 11th and was followed by Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari, Sebastien Buemi, Renault’s Vitaly Petrov, Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi, team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber’s Pedro de la Rosa and Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi.
2010 Chinese Grand Prix, Qualifying Session Results:
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:36.317 | 1:35.280 | 1:34.558 | 21 |
| 2 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:35.978 | 1:35.100 | 1:34.806 | 17 |
| 3 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.987 | 1:35.235 | 1:34.913 | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:35.952 | 1:35.134 | 1:34.923 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.122 | 1:35.443 | 1:34.979 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.641 | 1:34.928 | 1:35.034 | 13 |
| 7 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.076 | 1:35.290 | 1:35.180 | 19 |
| 8 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:36.348 | 1:35.550 | 1:35.364 | 21 |
| 9 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:36.484 | 1:35.715 | 1:35.646 | 21 |
| 10 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:36.671 | 1:35.665 | 1:35.963 | 23 |
| 11 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:36.664 | 1:35.748 | 15 | |
| 12 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:36.618 | 1:36.047 | 17 | |
| 13 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:36.793 | 1:36.149 | 17 | |
| 14 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:37.031 | 1:36.311 | 10 | |
| 15 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.044 | 1:36.422 | 16 | |
| 16 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:37.049 | 1:36.647 | 14 | |
| 17 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.050 | 1:37.020 | 15 | |
| 18 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.161 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:39.278 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:39.399 | 9 | ||
| 21 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:39.520 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:39.783 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:40.469 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:40.578 | 7 |
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