Mark Webber broke his teammate Sebastian Vettel's run of pole positions on Saturday, after impressive earlier practice pace at the scene of his win a year ago
But it emerged shortly after the qualifying session in Barcelona that while the energy-recovery system was working on the Australian's dominant RB7, the one aboard Vettel's did not work in Q2 and Q3.
"It's not right to say that's why Mark got pole -- he deserved it," insisted Sebastian Vettel.
"We had some problems but Mark did a good job. He did a better job today. I'm sure we will have it (KERS) tomorrow," he added.
Lewis Hamilton starts from third, but he thinks the gap between Red Bull and McLaren has only widened in Spain. Worse still, he flat-spotted the set of soft Pirelli tires he must start Sunday's race with, "Fortunately we can rebalance the wheels (for the race) so it shouldn't be a problem," said the Briton.
Results of the qualifying of the grand prix of Spain
Barcelona, Saturday May 21, 2011
1st row
Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'20"981 - Q3*
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'21"181 - Q3
2nd row
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'21"961 - Q3
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari 150) - 1'21"964 - Q3
3rd row
Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'21"996 - Q3
Vitaly Petrov (Renault R31) - 1'22"471 - Q3
4th row
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'22"599 - Q3
Felipe Massa (Ferrari 150) - 1'22"888 - Q3
5th row
Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'22"952 - Q3
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W02) - no time - Q3
6th row
Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'23"231 - Q2
Sergio Perez (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'23"367 - Q2
7th row
Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'23"694 - Q2
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'23"702 - Q2
8th row
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'25"403 - Q2
Paul di Resta (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'26"126 - Q2
9th row
Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'26"571 - Q2
Jarno Trulli (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'26"521 - Q1
10th row
Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'26"910 - Q1
Timo Glock (Marussia Virgin MVR02-Cosworth) - 1'27"315 - Q1
11th row
Vitantonio Liuzzi (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'27"809 - Q1
Narain Karthikeyan (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'27"908 - Q1
12th row
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Marussia Virgin MVR02-Cosworth) - 1'28"556 - Q1
Nick Heidfeld (Renault R31) - no time - Q1
*Unofficial timings
But it emerged shortly after the qualifying session in Barcelona that while the energy-recovery system was working on the Australian's dominant RB7, the one aboard Vettel's did not work in Q2 and Q3.
"It's not right to say that's why Mark got pole -- he deserved it," insisted Sebastian Vettel.
"We had some problems but Mark did a good job. He did a better job today. I'm sure we will have it (KERS) tomorrow," he added.
Lewis Hamilton starts from third, but he thinks the gap between Red Bull and McLaren has only widened in Spain. Worse still, he flat-spotted the set of soft Pirelli tires he must start Sunday's race with, "Fortunately we can rebalance the wheels (for the race) so it shouldn't be a problem," said the Briton.
Results of the qualifying of the grand prix of Spain
Barcelona, Saturday May 21, 2011
1st row
Mark Webber (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'20"981 - Q3*
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB7-Renault) - 1'21"181 - Q3
2nd row
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'21"961 - Q3
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari 150) - 1'21"964 - Q3
3rd row
Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/26-Mercedes) - 1'21"996 - Q3
Vitaly Petrov (Renault R31) - 1'22"471 - Q3
4th row
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W02) - 1'22"599 - Q3
Felipe Massa (Ferrari 150) - 1'22"888 - Q3
5th row
Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'22"952 - Q3
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W02) - no time - Q3
6th row
Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'23"231 - Q2
Sergio Perez (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'23"367 - Q2
7th row
Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR6-Ferrari) - 1'23"694 - Q2
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C30-Ferrari) - 1'23"702 - Q2
8th row
Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'25"403 - Q2
Paul di Resta (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'26"126 - Q2
9th row
Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM04-Mercedes) - 1'26"571 - Q2
Jarno Trulli (Lotus T128-Renault) - 1'26"521 - Q1
10th row
Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW33-Cosworth) - 1'26"910 - Q1
Timo Glock (Marussia Virgin MVR02-Cosworth) - 1'27"315 - Q1
11th row
Vitantonio Liuzzi (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'27"809 - Q1
Narain Karthikeyan (Hispania F111-Cosworth) - 1'27"908 - Q1
12th row
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Marussia Virgin MVR02-Cosworth) - 1'28"556 - Q1
Nick Heidfeld (Renault R31) - no time - Q1
*Unofficial timings