F1 Monaco: A third pole for Mark Webber, glory for Renault
Renault can say mission accomplished after the Grand Prix of Monaco's qualifying session: three engines in the three first spots gave a solid picture of success for the manufacturer.
Mark Webber's pole position means he has not start further than the first starting line since the beginning of the season (Melbourne 2, Sepang 1, Shanghai 2, Barcelona 1, Monaco 1). Sebastian Vettel saw Robert Kubica still the second place on the starting grid. The German was almost angry to have finished four tenths behind his teammate. Felipe Massa took the forth place, a couple of hundredth of seconds behind. His teammate Fernando Alonso forfeited qualifying after he destroyed the right end-side of his Ferrari in a contact with the wall in final practice. McLaren did less good than expected and only comes in fifth with Lewis Hamilton three positions ahead of his teammate Jenson Button in eight. Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher took the sixth and seventh spot for Mercedes. Rubens Barrichello wraped-up the top eight. The grid, Grand Prix of Monaco 1. row Mark Webber (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'13 "826 - Q3 Robert Kubica (Renault R30) - 1'14 "120 - Q3 2. row Sebastian Vettel (RB6 Red Bull-Renault) - 1'14 "227 - Q3 Felipe Massa (Ferrari F10) - 1'14 "283 - Q3 3. row Hamilton (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'14 "432 - Q3 Nico Rosberg (PGMs Mercedes W01) - 1'14 "544 - Q3 4. row Michael Schumacher (Mercedes W01 PGMs) - 1'14 "590 - Q3 Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'14 "637 - Q3 5. row Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'14 "901 - Q3 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'15 "170 - Q3 6. row Nico Hulkenberg (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'15 "317 - Q2 Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'15 "318 - Q2 7. row Sebastien Buemi (STR5 Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1'15 "413 - Q2 Vitaly Petrov (Renault R30) - 1'15 "576 - Q2 8. row Pedro De La Rosa (C29 Sauber-Ferrari) - 1'15 "692 - Q2 Kamui Kobayashi (C29 Sauber-Ferrari) - 1'15 "992 - Q2 9. row Jaime Alguersuari (STR5 Toro Rosso-Ferrari) - 1'16 "176 - Q2 Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth T127) - 1'17 "094 - Q1. 10. row Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth T127) - 1'17 "134 - Q1 Timo Glock (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'17 "377 - Q1 11. row Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'17 "864 - Q1 Bruno Senna (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'18 "509 - Q1 12. row Chandhok Karun (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'19 "559 - Q1 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - no time. **Unofficial Results** |
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