Apr 10, 2011

Qualifying - Vettel steals the pole from Hamilton!!

10/4/11,
Sebastina Vettel was the fastest driver through the qualifying season in Malaysia!!
The world champion, Sebastian Vettel will start from the first position of the grid today, after snatching the position from McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton by 0.174s right at the end of an impressive qualifying session.

Felipe Massa staerted for Ferrari lapping fastest in Q1 before Jenson Button went fastest for McLaren in Q2. But just as it seemed Hamilton had got things sorted with 1m 35s lap of the weekend at the end of Q3, with 1m 34.974s, Vettel took the pole from the British's hands with 1m 34.870s. Mark Webber will start third on 1m 35.179s in the other Red Bull, with Button fourth on 1m 35.200s.
On the third row, Fernando Alonso did a disappointing 1m 35.802s with his his Ferrari, as Nick Heidfeld was placed in sixth for Renault with 1m 36.124s. That pushed Massa down a place, on 1m 36.251s, while Vitaly Petrov went n the eighth position in the other Renault on 1m 36.324s ahead of Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes on 1m 36.809s, and Kamui Kobayashi’s Sauber on 1m 36.820s.

Q1 found Pastor Maldonado just unavailable to get through, Williams team mate Barrichello with 1m 38.163s to 1m 38.276s as Massa did a 1m 36.744s from Hamilton and Alonso.
Heikki Kovalainen’s 1m 38.645s lap placed him in seventh, but the Lotus driver dropped back to 19th as he failed to improve. 

With a 107 percent time of 1m 43.516s, all 24 cars qualified.

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