Sebastian Vettel will be starting from the pole, once more during this season, tomorrow. Although Fernando Alonso seemed to be pretty quick, he lost the pole to the German for just 0.002sec.
Felipe Massa had a very good session after a long time and took third, in front of Mark Webber Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.
The rain did not show up during the qualification and the weather has been pretty cool with an air temperature of 20oC and track temperature at 24oC.
After the end of the session we can see that Ferrari had it's best performance for this season, while Mercedes seems to be falling back after a good first half of the year. Williams looks in good shape, having both its drivers in the top ten, with Barichello 8th and Hulkenberg in 10th place.
The two McLaren drivers, didn't seem to have the pace to follow the leaders today. Of course the reliability of the team's cars is what brought them on the lead. But after today's results, if Vettel avoids his, common lately, mistakes and Alonso avoids his bad, also common lately, luck, team McLaren will have to fight hard for a podium finish. This is something that may give a new taste in the championship as we can see up to five drivers being near the top after the race.
Adrian Sutil took a five grid penalty after a gearbox change earlier today.
The race results are as follows :
01. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:13.791
02. Alonso Ferrari 1:13.793
03. Massa Ferrari 1:14.290
04. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:14.347
05. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.427
06. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.566
07. Kubica Renault 1:15.079
08. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:15.109
09. Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.179
10. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:15.339
11. Schumacher Mercedes 1:15.026
12. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.084
13. Petrov Renault 1:15.307
14. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:15.467
15. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.550
16. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.588
17. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.974
18. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:17.583
19. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:18.300
20. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:18.343
21. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:18.592
22. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:18.952
23. Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 1:19.844
24. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth
