Sebastian Vettel (1st)“We have done it again, but every single time is tough. I think today wasn’t as straightforward as we planned - especially in Q2; I made a bit of a mistake in the run I did then. In Q3 I was confident that we were able to improve quite a lot. Obviously today we did a good job, but it’s just eight metres on the track tomorrow. It will be a long race, but I think we can be happy with the car. We did some good long runs on Friday and so we have a reason to feel good, but it’s also a threat to feel too good - so I pay attention that doesn’t happen.”
Mark Webber (18th)“It’s a very frustrating day. We didn’t have a smooth P3 or Q1 and we paid the ultimate price at end of the day. We thought we had enough to get through on the prime tyres - we have the pace, but I couldn’t get the tyre working on my second run. We’ll see what we can do tonight, but I can only go forwards. I can't remember the last time I was out in Q1; it was a long, long time ago, so it was a bad day for us.”
Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal“A third consecutive pole for Sebastian and, as he wasn’t required to complete his second run in Q3, he was able to conserve his tyres for tomorrow. After a Herculean effort from all the team to get Mark’s car repaired and out for Q1, it was disappointing for both Mark and the team that he missed the cut. We elected to run the hard tyre for his second run thinking it would be enough, but unfortunately they weren’t up to the temperature to do it. Obviously with 20/20 hindsight, you would run the option tyre, but we felt it would be enough at that time. It’s one of those things, and it’s the first time we haven’t had both cars in Q3 for over a year.”
1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:33.706 2 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.421 3 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.463 4 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:34.670 5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:35.119 6 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.145 7 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:36.158 8 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:36.190 9 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:36.203 10 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault No time 11 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:35.874 12 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.053 13 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.236 14 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:36.457 15 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:36.465 16 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1:36.611 17 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:36.956 18 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:36.468 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:37.894 20 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:38.318 21 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.119 22 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.708 23 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:40.212 24 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:40.445
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