Red Bull block out front row in Korea
Sebastian Vettel - Grid 1“It’s a special feeling to be on pole - it was very close. The track is good here - in the first sector there’s not so much you can do, just hit your braking points at the right time, but the second and third sectors are quite entertaining with nice flowing corners, but it’s easy to make a mistake. It was a small margin for pole, but it was enough and it was a good result as yesterday we didn’t have smooth running. We had a puncture in the practice, so I hadn’t done too many laps on the new track, which makes it harder to get into a rhythm. You have to take every race as it comes, Japan was a good result, but now in Korea all the focus is on tomorrow’s race. The car was quick today, no doubt, but you still need to get the job done and the most important thing is that you remain calm, which we all did as we knew what we had in us. So, we got the job done today, but let’s see for tomorrow.”
Mark Webber - Grid 2“I wasn’t that happy on my first timed laps to be honest, so it was more comfortable for me to do two timed laps for my last run. It worked out okay, but obviously it was very close with Seb and I got second on the grid. It’s not a bad position to start the race, but it would have been nice to get pole, still -we can get a good result from there. I’m starting on the dirty side of the grid tomorrow and Fernando (Alonso, in third) will be solid off the line, but that’s not going to make or break the Championship, so we’ll press on from there - we’re certainly in a good position.”
Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal“A fantastic team performance today. A one two start on the grid at this new circuit is a great result and the drivers were again split by the narrowest of margins. They elected to take different strategies in Q3, Sebastian focused on two one-lap runs while Mark elected to do two laps on his last run. The difference between the two of them was almost identical to the gap in Japan, so a great team performance. We need to continue this tomorrow and hopefully the weather won’t interfere with the race.”
Korean Qualifying Times
Q3 1 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:35.585 2 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:35.659 3 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:35.766 4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.062 5 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:36.535 6 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.571 7 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.731 8 11 Robert Kubica Renault 1:36.824 9 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:36.950 10 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:36.998
Q211 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:37.620 12 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.643 13 22 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.715 14 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:37.783 15 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:37.799 16 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:37.853 17 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:38.594
Q118 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:38.955 19 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:40.521 20 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:40.748 21 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:41.768 22 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:42.325 23 20 Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1:42.444 24 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:43.283
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