German young gun Sebastian Vettel has taken his second pole position from two races in 2010, leading home his Australian teammate Mark Webber in a commanding 1-2 for Red Bull at Albert Park this afternoon.
Vettel, who led for much the season-opening formula one round in Bahrain before a mechanical fault pushed him back to fourth, posted a time of 1.23.919 - about a tenth of a second quicker than Webber’s best time.
It was 22-year-old Vettel’s seventh pole position and he will start hot favorite in tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix. Webber also has his best opportunity to win his home grand prix. The Age
“We didn’t really get the job done in Bahrain so we will try to do it here,” Vettel said.
Vettel, who is bidding for his sixth GP victory in 45 starts, clocked a fastest lap in the third and final qualifying stage of one minute 23.919 seconds.
“There are more things happening, the circuit is not that long so you might have more situations with lapping cars which can always be a dangerous situation for all.
“We will have more excitement tomorrow, just because of the circuit and it’s a bit closer (teams) here than in Bahrain and we don’t know what the weather will be at race time.” Sydney Morning Herald
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso will line up in third place after a 1:24.111, with reigning champion Jenson Button alongside him in fourth spot.
Alonso’s team-mate Felipe Massa was fifth-fastest, while young German Nico Rosberg again qualified ahead of team-mate Michael Schumacher.
Rosberg will start sixth with seven-time world champion Schumacher in seventh.
Button’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton, charged on summons with improper use of a vehicle after being caught by police doing a burnout when leaving Albert Park on Friday night, could only qualify in 11th after a disappointing run. ABC Online
Rubens Barrichello put Williams eighth in the line-up with 1m 25.217s ahead of Robert Kubica for Renault with 1m 25.372s, while the faster Force India of Adrian Sutil completed the top 10 with 1m 26.036s.
Sebastien Buemi was 12th for Toro Rosso with 1m 25.638s ahead of Force India’s Vitantonio Liuzzi on 1m 25.743s, BMW Sauber’s Pedro de la Rosa on 1m 25.747s, Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg on 1m 25.748s and Kamui Kobayashi, who had a great catch as his BMW Sauber oversteered viciously through the final turn, on 1m 25.777s. Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari was 17th on 1m 26.089s.
Out in the first session went Renault’s Vitaly Petrov, whose 1m 26.471s left him 17th. Once again Heikki Kovalainen led the new teams, with 1m 28.797s for Lotus. Team mate Jarno Trulli backed him with 1m 29.111s, just ahead of Virgin’s Timo Glock on 1m 29.592s and his team mate Lucas Di Grassi on 1m 30.185s. Formula1
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