Sebastian Vettel
“It was a challenging weekend until qualifying today. I was happy with the car, but we never really got into a rhythm. Yesterday wasn’t as smooth as we hoped for, but we knew the car had speed, so the main thing was to keep believing in it. In qualifying everything worked out straight away. It was very close in the end with the McLaren guys, so I’m happy to get pole. Big compliments to the guys in the team - especially those working on KERS, they did a lot of work since Australia. If we wouldn’t have had it today, we wouldn’t be sitting here now, neither me nor Mark, so compliments to the guys - it’s a good reward. It’s very hot in the garage for the boys during this race, the air is pretty humid, so at least tonight they will get some good sleep ahead of tomorrow.”
Mark Webber
“I knew it would be very tight; everyone was on a single pace after the first flying lap on the option tyre in Q3. It was pretty straight forward for us; you have to just drive as quick as you can when it’s like that. We can’t control how tight it is, to get a few tenths more, you have to just do your best. It was a better performance from me today compared to Melbourne and I’m looking forward to tomorrow. I’m starting on the clean side of the grid and it should be an interesting race - I think there will be a lot of pit stops.”
Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal“A great team performance today. To get first and third on the grid after a fascinating qualifying session, which was really tight with the McLarens today, is a great start to the weekend. On the final run and under huge pressure, Sebastian delivered just enough to get pole. Mark also improved his time and for the team to take P1 and P3, sets us up well for tomorrow.”Pos /Driver /Team /Best Time 1. Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:34.870 12 laps2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.974 19 3. Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:35.179 17 4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.200 15 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:35.802 14 6. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1:36.124 9 7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.251 13 8. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:36.324 9 9. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:36.809 17 10 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1 1:36.820 13 11 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:37.035 12 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:37.160 13 13 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:37.347 12 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:37.370 12 15 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:37.496 15 16 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.528 10 17 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:37.593 9 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:38.276 8 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:38.645 8 20 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:38.791 8 21 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:40.648 8 22 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:41.001 7 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:41.549 7 24 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:42.574 7
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