Nico Hulkenberg (1st)“I didn’t expect to be on pole today but the team gave me a car that worked really well in these conditions and I hooked up a tidy lap. My engineer came over the radio and told me I was on pole, but I couldn’t quite believe it. It’s such an amazing feeling. We have to stay realistic for the race, and I’m aware that there are drivers behind me fighting for the championship, but we are fighting for position and we will be doing everything we can to get a good result. For now, thanks to AT&T Williams for giving me a really great car today; I’m just so happy and I want to enjoy the moment with the team!”
Rubens Barrichello (6th)“I am truly happy for the team; it’s been a wonderful afternoon for us. We have a pole position, just not with me! I am thrilled for Nico though. In these conditions, you need to keep temperatures up in the tyres, but I had a car in front of me going a bit slow so I lost temperature and went off. I’m pleased with P6, it’s still a strong place to start the race from.”
Patrick Head, Williams head of engineering“That was a fantastic qualifying for the team; and for Nico and his engineers in particular. I think we saw something pretty special from him today. He did three timed laps on dry tyres, with his pole time over a second quicker than anyone else’s. Rubens also drove well to sixth, a good starting point for the race.”
FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO PETROBRAS DO BRASIL 2010
Pos No Driver Team
Q3
1 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:14.470 2 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:15.519 3 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:15.637 4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.747 5 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:15.989 6 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:16.203 7 11 Robert Kubica Renault 1:16.552 8 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:16.925 9 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:17.101 10 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:17.656
Q2 11 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.288 12 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:19.385 13 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:19.486 14 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:19.581 15 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:19.847 16 22 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:19.899
Q1 17 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:20.357 18 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:20.830 19 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:22.130 20 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:22.250 21 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:22.378 22 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:22.810 23 20 Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 1:23.083 24 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:23.796
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