2010 European GP – Qualifying – Red Bull front row

Sebastian Vettel Valencia pole

Sebastian Vettel back on pole

Q3: Sebastian Vettel will start the 2010 European GP from the pole, Mark Webber will line up next him on all Red Bull front row. Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso took P3 and P4 ahead of Massa, Kubica, Button, Hulkenberg, Barrichello and Petrov. The Williams drivers Hulkenberg and Barrichello posted identical times.

1. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:37.587
2. Webber – Red Bull – 1:37.662
3. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:37.969
4. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:38.075
5. Massa – Ferrari – 1:38.127
6. Kubica – Renault – 1:38.137
7. Button – McLaren – 1:38.210
8. Hulkenbeg – Williams – 1:38.428
9. Barrichello – Williams – 1:38.428
10. Petrov – Renault – 1:38.523


Q2: Sebastian Vettel posted fastest time in Q2 (1:38.015) just ahead Webber, Massa and Kubica. Both Renault and Williams cars made it to Q3. At the same time both Force India and Mercedes cars were eliminated …

Driver eliminated in Q2:

11. Buemi – Toro Rosso – 1:38.586
12. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:38.627
13. Sutil – Force India – 1:38.851
14. Liuzzi – Force India – 1:38.884
15. Schumacher – Mercedes – 1:39.234
16. de la Rosa – Sauber – 1:39.264
17. Alguersuari – Toro Rosso – 1:39.458

Q1: Robert Kubica was fastest in the first part of qualifying (1:38.132), 2 tenths ahead of Vettel and Button. Kobayashi, Trulli, Kovalainen, di Grassi, Glock, Chandhok and Senna were eliminated. Michael Schumacher only climbed out of the bottom 7 on his last lap … Lotus seems to be in class of their own at the moment – still clearly behind Sauber and Toro Rosso but well ahead of Virgin and HRT.

Drivers eliminated in Q1:
18. Kobayashi – Sauber – 1:39.343
19. Trulli – Lotus – 1:40.658
20. Kovalainen – Lotus – 1:40.882
21. di Grassi – Virgin – 1:42.086
22. Glock – Virgin – 1:42.140
23. Chandhok – HRT – 1:42.600
24. Senna – HRT – 1:42.851

2011 Teams and Drivers

Red Bull
1. Sebastian VETTEL
2 Mark WEBBER
McLaren
3. Jenson BUTTON
4. Lewis HAMILTON
Ferrari
5. Fernando ALONSO
6. Felipe MASSA
Mercedes GP
7. Michael SCHUMACHER
8. Nico ROSBERG
Renault
9. Robert KUBICA
10. Vitaly PETROV
Williams
11. Rubens BARRICHELLO
12. Pastor MALDONADO
Force India
14. Adrian SUTIL
15. Paul di RESTA
Sauber
16. Kamui KOBAYASHI
17. Sergio PEREZ MENDOZA
Toro Rosso
18. Jaime ALGUERSUARI
19. Sebastien BUEMI
Team Lotus
20. Jarno TRULLI
21. Heikki KOVALAINEN
HRT
22. Narain KARTHIKEYAN
23. Vitantonio LIUZZI
Virgin
24. Timo GLOCK
25. Jerome D'AMBROSIO

2011 F1 Calendar

27 March - Australia
10 April - Malaysia
17 April - China*
08 May - Turkey
22 May - Spain
29 May - Monaco
12 June - Canada
26 June - Europe (Valencia)
10 July - Great Britain
24 July - Germany (Nurburgring)
31 July - Hungary
28 August - Belgium
11 September - Italy
25 September - Singapore
09 October - Japan
16 October - Korea
30 October - India*
13 November - Abu Dhabi
27 November - Brazil

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