Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the second week in a row with a storming lap at the beginning of today’s final qualifying session. The Briton’s rivals had no answer to his time of 1m 32.219s. Jenson Button came close right at the end and will start second again, just as in Australia. Hamilton will… [Read more…]
March 17, 2012
McLaren today turned out to be the form team in Australia, locking out the front row of the Melbourne grid with a fast, efficient performance at 2012′s first qualifying session. Lewis Hamilton will lead the pack early tomorrow morning after a sensational lap gave him the perfect start to the new season. Team mate Jenson… [Read more…]
September 10, 2011
Sebastian Vettel claimed yet another pole position in Monza with an electrifying performance leaving the rest in the shade. Red Bull had never qualified on the front row in Italy but the world champion elect put paid to that record. The German’s 1m 22.275s was a full half second quicker than the rest of the… [Read more…]
July 30, 2011
Sebastian Vettel has returned to his familiar pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The champion’s Red Bull mechanics worked through the night to correct a set up which left the team struggling in Friday practice. But there was no sign of worries from Vettel as he posted a 1m 19.815s on his second Q3… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
Mark Webber has stormed to pole for the British Grand Prix, beating team mate Sebastian Vettel for only the second time this season. The Australian set his time early in Q3 as showers swept across Silverstone. He was second over the line and immediately pipped Vettel to the top spot. It was a brilliant lap… [Read more…]
June 25, 2011
Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull dominated qualifying yet again, defying predictions that engine mapping rule changes would break their grip on Saturday sessions. The reigning world champion was peerless again, firing in a 1m 36.975s on his first Q3 run – and he was going even faster on the second run before calling it quits… [Read more…]
June 11, 2011
Sebastian Vettel will start from pole position at tomorrow’s Canadian Grand Prix after holding off a resurgent Ferrari team in qualifying. The world champion starts from the front for the 6th time in seven races after posting a 1m 13.014s, just a tenth quicker than Fernando Alonso. It’s one of the narrower margins to Vettel… [Read more…]
May 28, 2011
Sebastian Vettel set a truly phenomenal time to secure pole position for the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix but qualifying was overshadowed by a huge accident for Sauber rookie Sergio Perez. The Red Bull world champion will start ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button after posting a 1m 13.556s time, more than four tenths quicker than his nearest… [Read more…]
May 21, 2011
Mark Webber has broken the 2011 stranglehold on pole position held by team mate Sebastian Vettel with an excellent qualifying performance. The Australian laid down a 1m 20.981s to beat the world champion by a tiny margin but it was an important marker. Barcelona was the beginning of a great run for Webber last season… [Read more…]
May 7, 2011
Red Bull have locked out the front row of the grid in Turkey with another dominant performance in qualifying. World champion Sebastian Vettel was four tenths clear of his team mate Mark Webber, with third place man Nico Rosberg a further tenth adrift in his Mercedes. Neither Red Bull driver ran twice in Q3, potentially… [Read more…]
April 16, 2011
Sebastian Vettel has stormed to his third pole position of 2011 with a fearsome qualifying time in Shanghai. The 23-year-old world champion was untouchable again, beating the McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton into second and third position respectively with a track record of 1m 33.706s. Arguably the story of the day though was… [Read more…]
April 9, 2011
Sebastian Vettel seized pole position from an electrifying qualifying session for the Malaysian Grand Prix with a sensational lap of the Sepang circuit. Against all expectations, the hour was a true dog fight between Red Bull and McLaren and it was only the brilliance of the German world champion which stole a tenth over Lewis… [Read more…]
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