Mark Webber (1st, Q3 - 1m 30.079s)“The session went pretty well, with the exception of my run in Q2, which wasn’t very smooth. The other sessions were good and the boys did a great job on the car; they’ve had some late nights in the lead up to the event, so they’ve recovered very well. I thought on my in-lap, ‘if someone gets me, they deserve it’, as I don’t think I could have got much more out of it – it was my limit and a pretty good lap. It was very satisfying to see no one got me there at the end, it’s quite an anxious wait for those thirty seconds. I will be in there pushing very hard tomorrow.”
Sebastian Vettel (3rd, Q3 - 1m 30.216s)“It was tough session. I think we had a good recovery, as yesterday I didn’t really find my way, but the car felt much better this morning. I think we could have been a bit quicker in qualifying here and there, but Mark did a good lap and I think we still have a good chance from third on the grid. It will be a long race and you never know what can happen with the weather here. Rain is forecast, but we don’t know how much we will have and when. However, in the end it doesn’t really matter, the most important thing is that we have a solid race and the target is to win, which is not impossible from third - it’s the clean side of the track and we go from there. I’m looking forward to tomorrow - it doesn’t happen too often that you have so many people coming here and supporting the German drivers, so I will make sure I enjoy the race tomorrow.”
Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal“It was a fantastic performance by Mark, with him building all the way through qualifying to produce a really great lap at the end. It was very, very tight with Lewis, Sebastian and Fernando throughout the three qualifying sessions and it was all going to be down to getting the perfect lap at the end - and Mark produced a phenomenal lap. He obviously likes it round here and has happy memories from his first grand prix victory two year ago. Sebastian lines up in P3 and is on the right side of the grid tomorrow. It was an excellent team performance and first and third, our tenth pole of the year and our thirtieth overall, is a good start to the weekend.”Qualifying 3
1. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1n30.079s2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1n30.134s 3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1n30.216s 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1n30.442s 5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1n30.910s 6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1n31.263s 7. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1n31.288s 8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1n32.010s 9. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1n32.187s 10 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1n32.482s
Qualifying 211 Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m32.215s 12 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m32.560s 13 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m32.635s 14 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m33.043s 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m33.176s 16 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m33.546s 17 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m33.698s
Qualifying 318 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m33.786s 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m35.599s 20 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m36.400s 21 Karun Chandhok Lotus-Renault 1m36.422s 22 Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m36.641s 23 Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m37.011s 24 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m37.036s
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