Sebastian Vettel took his 25th carear pole position, beating Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.
Q1 started with teams still discussing about the camber on their cars, and its possible affect on the Pirelli tyres. However, all was forgotten when the green light came out for the start of qualifying. Everything was calm for the first haf of Q1 as everyone was focussed on their own lap time. However, while going around the final corner, Pastor Maldonado lost control of his car, and crashed into the barriers. The Williams team had enough time to fix Pastor's nose, and he was able to go out to do a flying lap. In the end, it was Jaime Alguersuari who was the biggest scalp. He joined Trulli, Kovalainen, Glock, D'Ambrosio, Ricciadro and Liuzzi.
Q2 was all about the midfield teams. The front-runners all did fast enough times to ensure passage into the final round of qualifying, only leaving space for a few more drivers. With the chequered flag out, it was Paul Di Resta who has 10th. However, he was to be beaten by 0.006 seconds by Bruno Senna. The Brazilian managed to get a tow on his in-lap to increase his top speed, giving him the tiniest of margins.
Q3 was split. Vettel, the McLaren's, the Ferrari's, and Petrov went out to fo do 2 stints. At halfway, it was Vettel who has prilemery pole. Mark Webber decided to do a long single stint with Scumacher. While Rosberg did a very long stint on the harder tyres. While Senna chose not to run at all. With 0:00 on the clock left, all the big runners were in a line. Webber crossed first, improving his time, but not his position. Behind him Button and Hamilton were even on their previous times, and Alonso was slightly faster. But the fastest was Vettel. While the McLaren drivers abandoned their laps, Vettel stormed through to beat Lewis Hamilton by half a second.
Grid For Tomorrow
Pos - Driver - Team - Rank
1 - Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull - 1
2 - Lewis Hamilton - McLaren - 3
3 - Jenson Button - McLaren - 5
4 - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 4
5 - Mark Webber - Red Bull - 2
6 - Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 6
7 - Vitaly Petrov - Renault - 13
8 - Michael Schumacher - Mercedes - 11
9 - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 7
10 - Bruno Senna - Renault - 30
11 - Paul Di Resta - Force India - 23
12 - Adrian Sutil - Force India - 10
13 - Rubens Barrichello - Williams - 8
14 - Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 28
15 - Sergio Perez - Sauber - 25
16 - Sebastian Buemi - Toro Rosso - 14
17 - Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber - 15
18 - Jaime Alguersuari - Toro Rosso - 16
19 - Jarno Trulli - Lotus - 17
20 - Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus - 18
21 - Timo Glock - Virgin - 20
22 - Jerome D'Ambrosio - Virgin - 29
23 - Daniel Ricciardo - HRT - 39
24 - Vitantonio Liuzzi - HRT - 22
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