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The odds were favoring McLaren for the Italian Grand Prix. But Sebastian Vettel came out strong to take a 10th pole position this season.
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button certainly thought they were in contention, even though they already trailed Vettel – albeit only by a couple of tenths – after the first runs.
In order to prevent the McLaren drivers to get any closer, Vettel went back out in the closing stages of the session. He considerably improved his time, from 1min 22.613s down to 1min 22.275s. Also out to better their times, both Button and Hamilton had to surrender first place to Vettel after poor second runs.
Behind the leading trio, came Fernando Alonso, followed by Vettel's Red Bull teammate Mark Webber, Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Vitaly Petrov in the first Renault and the two Mercedes of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.
Schumacher was able to outpace Rosberg thanks to a different strategy. Unlike the rest of the field, the younger German did his best lap in Q3 on the harder compound
Bruno Senna sat out of Q3, having used all of his option rubber to edge out Force India's Paul di Resta in Q2.
Adrian Sutil was left 12th, but at least got the better of the two Williams of Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado.
Sauber's Sergio Perez et Kamui Kobyashi were 15th and 17th, Sébastien Buemi in his Toro Rosso sneaked in between in 16th. His teammate Jaime Alguersuari followed in 18th.
Jarno Trulli et Heikki Kovalainen rounded out the top 20 in their Lotus cars.
Timo Glock, running a new-spec Virgin finished ahead of his teammate Jérome d'Ambrosio in the older car.
Red Bull protégé Daniel Ricciardo to 23rd spot and left his more experienced teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi sitting last.
Qualifying results – Italian Grand Prix
From italiaracing.net
1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'22"275 – Q3
2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'22"725 – Q3
3. Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'22"777 – Q3
4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari 150) - 1'22"841 – Q3
5. Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'22"972 – Q3
6. Felipe Massa (Ferrari 150) - 1'23"188 – Q3
7. Vitaly Petrov (Renault R31) - 1'23"530 – Q3.
8. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'23"777 – Q3
9. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'24"477 – Q3
10. Bruno Senna (Renault R31) - no time – Q3
11. Paul Di Resta (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'24"163 – Q2
12. Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'24"209 – Q2
13. Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'24"648 – Q2
14. Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'24"726 – Q2.
15. Sergio Perez (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'24"845 – Q2
16. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1'24"932 – Q2
17. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'25"065 – Q2
18. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1'25"334 – Q1
19. Jarno Trulli (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'26"647 – Q2
20. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'27"184 – Q1
21. Timo Glock (Virgin VR02-Cosworth) - 1'27"591 – Q1
22. Jérome D'Ambrosio (Virgin VR02-Cosworth) - 1'27"609 – Q1.
23. Daniel Ricciardo (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'28"054 – Q1
24. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'28"231 - Q1
The odds were favoring McLaren for the Italian Grand Prix. But Sebastian Vettel came out strong to take a 10th pole position this season.
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button certainly thought they were in contention, even though they already trailed Vettel – albeit only by a couple of tenths – after the first runs.
In order to prevent the McLaren drivers to get any closer, Vettel went back out in the closing stages of the session. He considerably improved his time, from 1min 22.613s down to 1min 22.275s. Also out to better their times, both Button and Hamilton had to surrender first place to Vettel after poor second runs.
Behind the leading trio, came Fernando Alonso, followed by Vettel's Red Bull teammate Mark Webber, Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Vitaly Petrov in the first Renault and the two Mercedes of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.
Schumacher was able to outpace Rosberg thanks to a different strategy. Unlike the rest of the field, the younger German did his best lap in Q3 on the harder compound
Bruno Senna sat out of Q3, having used all of his option rubber to edge out Force India's Paul di Resta in Q2.
Adrian Sutil was left 12th, but at least got the better of the two Williams of Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado.
Sauber's Sergio Perez et Kamui Kobyashi were 15th and 17th, Sébastien Buemi in his Toro Rosso sneaked in between in 16th. His teammate Jaime Alguersuari followed in 18th.
Jarno Trulli et Heikki Kovalainen rounded out the top 20 in their Lotus cars.
Timo Glock, running a new-spec Virgin finished ahead of his teammate Jérome d'Ambrosio in the older car.
Red Bull protégé Daniel Ricciardo to 23rd spot and left his more experienced teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi sitting last.
Qualifying results – Italian Grand Prix
From italiaracing.net
1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'22"275 – Q3
2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'22"725 – Q3
3. Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'22"777 – Q3
4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari 150) - 1'22"841 – Q3
5. Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'22"972 – Q3
6. Felipe Massa (Ferrari 150) - 1'23"188 – Q3
7. Vitaly Petrov (Renault R31) - 1'23"530 – Q3.
8. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'23"777 – Q3
9. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'24"477 – Q3
10. Bruno Senna (Renault R31) - no time – Q3
11. Paul Di Resta (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'24"163 – Q2
12. Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'24"209 – Q2
13. Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'24"648 – Q2
14. Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'24"726 – Q2.
15. Sergio Perez (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'24"845 – Q2
16. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1'24"932 – Q2
17. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'25"065 – Q2
18. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1'25"334 – Q1
19. Jarno Trulli (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'26"647 – Q2
20. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'27"184 – Q1
21. Timo Glock (Virgin VR02-Cosworth) - 1'27"591 – Q1
22. Jérome D'Ambrosio (Virgin VR02-Cosworth) - 1'27"609 – Q1.
23. Daniel Ricciardo (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'28"054 – Q1
24. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'28"231 - Q1