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F1 Monaco: Sebastian Vettel on pole position - Sergio Perez at the hospital

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Khatir Soltani
Fifth pole position of the season for the reigning world champion at Monaco alongside Jenson Button with his McLaren.

Sebastian Vettel is on top with his Red Bull, 4 tenth of a second ahead of Jenson Button.

His teammate, Mark Webber, is third. Fernando Alonso is on the second row with his Ferrari, almost one second slower than the pole position.

Fifth, Michael Schumacher scores his best result of the year in qualifying, Felipe Massa is sixth with the other Ferrari.

Big crash for Sergio Perez at the end of Q3. The Sauber driver lost the control of his car out of the tunnel and heavily hitted the safety barriers. The Mexican was conscious when he was transported to the hospital Princesse Grace. The crash is similar to the one of Karl Wendlinger in 1994 at the same place.

The two HRT didn't complete any lap during the qualifying session. The stewards have now to evaluate if they can participate to the grand prix on Sunday.


Grand prix of Monaco - Qualifying results
Saturday May 28, 2011


1st row
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'13"556* - Q3
Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'13"977 - Q3

2nd row
Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'14"019 - Q3
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari 150) - 1'14"483 - Q3

3rd row
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'14"682 - Q3
Felipe Massa (Ferrari 150) - 1'14"877 - Q3

4th row
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'15"280 - Q3
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'15"766 - Q3

5th row
Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'16"528 - Q3
Sergio Perez (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - no time - Q3

6th row
Vitaly Petrov (Renault R31) - 1'15"815 - Q2
Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'15"826 - Q2

7th row
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'15"973 - Q2
Paul di Resta (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'16"188 - Q2

8th row
Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'16"121 - Q2
Nick Heidfeld (Renault R31) - 1'16"214 - Q2

9th row
Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'16"300 - Q2
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'17"343 - Q1

10th row
Jarno Trulli (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'17"381 - Q1
Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'17"820 - Q1

11th row
Timo Glock (Marussia Virgin MVR02-Cosworth) - 1'17"914 - Q1
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Marussia Virgin MVR02-Cosworth) - 1'18"736 - Q1

12th row
Narain Karthikeyan (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - no time - Q1
Vitantonio Liuzzi (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - no time - Q1

* Unofficials timings



Khatir Soltani
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