McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton will start from the pole in tomorrow’s Formula One Korean Grand Prix after pulling off the upset victory at the Korea International Circuit. It was the first time in 16 tries this season that the Red Bull team failed to win the pole.
Hamilton won the top spot with a time of one minute, 35.820 seconds around the 3.49-mile, 18-turn road course. He edged out 2011 World Champion Sebastian Vettel who had started on the pole 12 times this season. Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber won the other three times.
Button will start third with Webber in row two.
Ferrari’s will make up the third row with Felipe Massa starting fifth and Fernando Alonso, the only non-Red Bull or McLaren to win a race this season, in sixth. Fox News
Hamilton, the 2008 champion, looked to be back to his flamboyant best in the car, but spoke of a grim determination to finish the job in Sunday’s 55-lap race.
“I’m happy, I’m very happy,” he said in a downbeat voice.
“I’m very proud of what the team has been able to achieve over the last few races, but tomorrow is the day that really counts.” Herald Sun
POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:35.8 2 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 01:36.0 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:36.1 4 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 01:36.5 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:36.8 6 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:37.0 7 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 01:37.8 8 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:38.1 9 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes No Time 10 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes No Time Q2 11 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:38.3 12 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 01:38.4 13 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:38.5 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 01:38.8 15 Bruno Senna Renault 01:38.8 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 01:39.2 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 01:39.4 Q1 18 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:39.5 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 01:40.5 20 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 01:41.1 21 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:42.1 22 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 01:43.5 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 01:43.8 24 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth No Time
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