Red Bull look poised to dominate Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix after putting on a crushing performance in qualifying on Saturday.
Mark Webber led team-mate Sebastian Vettel to a Red Bull one-two on the grid, and they were nearly a second faster than their closest rival.
Lewis Hamilton was third for McLaren, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso splitting him from Jenson Button.
Mercedes’s Michael Schumacher was sixth ahead of Renault’s Robert Kubica.
Schumacher’s team-mate Nico Rosberg, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi completed the top 10. BBC Sport
Webber said: “Normally it’s always a good battle in qualifying between me and Seb, who has a very good record against me. It’s usually tight, but it’s nice when you get it altogether and get a good result.
“Today is my day, but there are no points for today, although it’s a nice situation to try and build from. The guys, on both sides of the garage, have had five hours. sleep the last two nights, so they’ve worked incredibly hard which is paying off.
“Christian [Horner, the team principal] said you won’t get to drive a car like this around here too often, so go and enjoy it, and I did.”
Asked if he could change history given the pole record at this track, Vettel succinctly replied: “Yes.” He then added: “Congratulations to Mark. He was unbeatable today. I had some good laps in qualifying, especially at the end, and although a tenth [of a second] is not much of a gap, it was too much for me. Right now it looks comfortable, but we know how quickly it can change.”
As for Hamilton, he looked as surprised as anybody at how quick Red Bull are these days. “I don’t think anybody expected them to be so fast,” said Hamilton. “We knew they would be quick, but that is quite a gap. At least we are there and we can fight.” The Guardian
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