Red BullSebastian Vettel (1st)“It was an interesting qualifying session; a new circuit and a new challenge – obviously I’m very happy to be on the front row. I don’t know if being on the left or the right side of the track (we are on the left), is really an advantage or not; there’s not one side that seems to be the clean side, as we tend to run down the middle. It was a good battle and after the first run it was very close, so I knew I had to do a little bit better on the second. We decided to only do one timed lap each time, it was still a bit slippery, but overall I’m very happy. Tomorrow it going to be a long race, we start starting the best possible position, so we’ll see what happens.”
Mark Webber (3rd)“This new venue has been a good challenge for us. It was tricky to work out the right strategy for qualifying. The tyres weren’t easy for one timed lap, so we had to work out how to do the right strategy - lots of teams tried different styles to get the best lap time out of the car. The first sector was tricky to get right on one timed lap. I could have done better in the first sector on my first lap in Q3; I couldn’t complete my second, as there were yellow flags after Massa’s incident. Overall it’s a good job for the team, we’ve come to a new venue, prepared well and we’ve laid a good foundation for a very good race tomorrow.”
Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal“A great qualifying for the team to have established our 16th pole and a new record for the most poles secured by a team within a season. Also to have achieved a front row lock out after Lewis’ penalty of yesterday has put us in the best position to start tomorrow’s race. The dilemma was whether to do one or two laps, but in the end Sebastian managed to make two laps which were effectively good enough for pole. Mark running two laps on his first set of tyres in Q3 was the right strategy, so first and second on the grid is a great place to be starting the inaugural Indian Grand Prix at a circuit that has been a real challenge for the drivers and is a really exciting venue.”
Pos Driver Team Time
Q3 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m24.178s 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.474s 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m24.508s 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m24.519s 5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.950s 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.122s 7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.451s 8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 9. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari10. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Q2 11. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m26.319s 12. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m26.337s 13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m26.503s 14. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m26.537s 15. Bruno Senna Renault 1m26.651s 16. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m27.247s 17. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m27.562sQ1 18. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m27.876s 19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m28.565s 20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m28.752s 21. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m30.216s 22. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m30.238s 23. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m30.866s 24. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m34.046s
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