Webber claims his second pole of this season

Mark webber got one-up on team mate Vettel during Qualifying by pipping his German teammate to pole by two tenths of a second, Mark was the only man in qualifying to break into the 1’19′s when he set an incredible 1:19.995.

RedBull dominated final practice three on Saturday as well as all 3 periods of Qualifying, finishing 1-2 in every session.

Q1 saw the usual suspects securing the bottom 6 places, however the Lotus’s were showing very impressive pace, Trulli was only 1.5 seconds behind the Williams of Rubins Barichello who according to the team was caught in lap traffic. As a result he was unable to record a quick lap which saw him finish in 18th place and unable to proceed to Q2.

Michaeal Schumacher has had his most positive weekend of the season so far. His car has a new setup that he helped the team develop . The new car suits Michaels driving style very well and he has been faster then Rosberg all weekend. Michael put in some very impressive quali times and was consistently in the top 5 runners. In the end he was edged out of the top 5 qualifiers by Jensen Button. However, starting alongside the reigning world champion on the 3rd row of the grid put Schumacher in a great position to bag a bunch of points tomorrow.

Massa has been a lot slower then his team-mate this weekend. Massa qualified in 9th place just ahead of Kobayashi who put in a brilliant drive in the Sauber to claim the tenth spot. Kobayashi put in a brilliant drive in the dying seconds of Q3 and managed to push the Force india of Adrian Sutil just out of the top 10.

Hometown hero Fernando Alonso has been performing well infront of his fans this weekend. Alonso drove a brilliant lap which drove a thorn between the McLarens of Hamilton and Button. Alosno recorded a 1:20.937 which put him on the second row of the grid next to Lewis Hamilton. Alonso is in a very good position to claim a podium tomorrow infront of his home crowd if he can keep ahead of the McLarens.

The day however belonged to Mark Webber who recorded his second pole of the season and is in a very good position to claim his first win of the season. If Mark can remain ahead of his team mate through the first corner, there is every chance he will remain in front. However Vettel is on a points charge and knows if he wants a crack at the championship he needs to bag every point possible. Lew Hamilton is also a good starter and if Mark doesn’t get away well tomorrow he might very well have Hamilton and Vettel ahead of him before turn1.

The complete qualifying results are below:

Pos. # Driver Car Q1 Q2 Q3
1 6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1?21.412 1?20.655 1?19.995
2 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1?21.680 1?20.772 1?20.101
3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1?21.723 1?21.415 1?20.829
4 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1?21.957 1?21.549 1?20.937
5 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1?21.915 1?21.168 1?20.991
6 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1?22.528 1?21.557 1?21.294
7 11 Robert Kubica Renault 1?22.488 1?21.599 1?21.353
8 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1?22.419 1?21.867 1?21.408
9 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1?22.564 1?21.841 1?21.585
10 23 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1?22.577 1?21.725 1?21.984
11 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1?22.628 1?21.985
12 22 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1?22.211 1?22.026
13 10 Nico Hülkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1?22.857 1?22.131
14 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1?22.976 1?22.139
15 16 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1?22.699 1?22.191
16 17 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1?22.593 1?22.207
17 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1?23.084 1?22.854
18 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1?23.125
19 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1?24.674
20 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1?24.748
21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1?25.475
22 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1?25.556
23 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1?26.750
24 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1?27.122