Edoardo Mortara - Friday in Macau

Edoardo Mortara and Valtteri Bottas emerged as early favourites after Thursday action in Macau. Following almost identical times in first free practice the gap between them remained very close also in the first F3 qualifying session. This time the positions were reversed, Mortara edged Bottas by 0.113 and claimed provisional pole position.

2010 Macau GP – Qualifying 1 Times:

1. Edoardo MORTARA – 2:13.068
2. Valtteri BOTTAS +0.113
3. Marco WITTMANN +0.525
4. Laurens VANTHOOR +0.857
5. Carlos HUERTA +0.975
6. Renger VAN DER ZANDE +0.994
7. Felipe NASR +1.149
8. James CALADO +1.198
9. Alexandre IMPERATORI +1.247
10. Daniel ABT +1.444
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10th pole of the season for Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel will start the title deciding race from the pole position after qualifying 3 hundreds ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Fernando Alonso secured P3 ahead of Button and more importantly ahead of Webber in P5.

1. Vettel – 1:39.394
2. Hamilton – 1:39.425
3. Alonso – 1:39.792
4. Button – 1:39.823
5. Webber – 1:39.925
6. Massa – 1:40.202
7. Barrichello – 1:40.203
8. Schumacher – 1:40.516
9. Rosberg – 1:40.589
10. Petrov – 1:40.901

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2010 Brazilian GP Qualifying - Hulk on pole

Nico Hulkenberg managed the best the switch from intermediates to slicks in Q3 and claimed the pole position, a second ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Mark Webber qualified on P3, ahead of Hamilton, Alonso and Barrichello. Kubica, Schumacher and Petrov complete the top 10.

2010 Brazilian GP – Qualifying Result

1. Hulkenberg – 1:14.470
2. Vettel – 1:15.519
3. Webber – 1:15.637
4. Hamilton – 1:15.747
5. Alonso – 1:15.989
6. Barrichello – 1:16.203
7. Kubica – 1:16.552
8. Schumacher – 1:16.925
9. Massa – 1:17.101
10. Petrov – 1:17.656

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Advantage Red Bull

Sebastian Vettel will start the Korean GP from the pole position, his team mate Mark Webber will line up next to him on the front row. Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton form the second row ahead of Rosberg, Massa, Button, Kubica, Schumacher and Barrichello.

2010 Korean GP – Qualifying Results

1. Vettel – 1:35.585
2. Webber – 1:35.659
3. Alonso – 1:35.766
4. Hamilton – 1:36.062
5. Rosberg – 1:36.535
6. Massa – 1:36.571
7. Button – 1:36.731
8. Kubica – 1:36.824
9. Schumacher – 1:36.950
10. Barrichello – 1:36.998

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2010 Japanese GP - Qualifying - Top three

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber locked the all Red Bull front row for the afternoon race in Suzuka. Lewis Hamilton finished 3rd but will be relegated 5 places following his penalty for gearbox change. Kubica finished 4th and will line up on row 2 with Alonso. Jenson Button will start from P5 but he will have the advantage of longer stint after qualifying on hard tyres.

1. Vettel – 1:30.785
2. Webber – 1:30.853
3. Hamilton – 1:31.169 (+ places penalty)
4. Kubica – 1:31.231
5. Alonso – 1:31.352
6. Button – 1:1:31.378
7. Rosberg – 1:31.494
8. Barrichello – 1:31.535
9. Hulkenberg – 1:31.559
10. Schumacher – 1:31.846

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2010 Singapore GP - Qualifying

Fernando Alonso will start 2010 Singapore GP from the pole position, his second pole in as many races. Sebastian Vettel will line up next to him on front row. Second row belongs to McLarens of Hamilton and Button. Behind them Webber, Barrichello, Rosberg, Kubica, Schumacher and Kobayashi.

1. Alonso – 1:45.390
2. Vettel – 1:45.457
3. Hamilton – 1:45.571
4. Button – 1:45.944
5. Webber – 1:45.977
6. Barrichello – 1:46.236
7. Rosberg – 1:46.443
8. Kubica – 1:46.593
9. Schumacher – 1:46.702
10. Kobayashi – 1:47.884

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2010 Belgian GP - Qualifying

Mark Webber will start the 2010 Belgian GP from pole position. Lewis Hamilton will line up next him on the front row. Robert Kubica finished third, behind him Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Adrian Sutil, Nico Hulkenberg and Fernando Alonso.

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Another pole for Vettel

Sebastian Vettel scored yet another pole position while Red Bull simply trashed the opposition today. Second row is all Ferrari – Fernando Alonso on P3 and Felipe Massa on P4. Lewis Hamilton (P5) and Nico Rosberg (P6) share the third row. Vitaly Petrov (P7) meanwhile outqualified Robert Kubica (P8) for the first time. Final two places in top 5 belong to de la Rosa and Hulkenberg.

2010 Hungarian GP – Qualifying

1. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:18.773
2. Webber – Red Bull – 1:19.184
3. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:19.987
4. Massa – Ferrari – 1:20.331
5. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:20.499
6. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:21.082
7. Petrov – Renault – 1:21.229
8. Kubica – Renault – 1:21.328
9. de la Rosa – Sauber – 1:21.411
10. Hulkenberg – Williams – 1:21.710

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Sebastian Vettel on pole in Germany

Sebastian Vettel squeezed ahead of Fernando Alonso and claimed yet another pole position for Red Bull. Only 0.002s separated top two drivers. Felipe Massa qualified 3rd ahead of Red Bull of Mark Webber.

2010 German GP Qualifying Result:

1. Sebastian Vettel – 1:13.791
2. Fernando Alonso – 1:13.793
3. Felipe Massa – 1:14.290
4. Mark Webber – 1:14.347
5. Jenson Button – 1:14.427
6. Lewis Hamilton – 1:14.566
7. Robert Kubica – 1:15.079
8. Rubens Barrichello – 1:15.109
9. Nico Rosberg – 1:15.179
10. Nico Hulkenberg – 1:15.339

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Sebastian Vettel will start 2010 British GP from pole position

Sebastian Vettel will start 2010 British GP from the pole position. Mark Webber will line up next to him on the front row. Fernando Alonso in P3 was almost 7 tenths down.

2010 British GP – Qualifying

1. Vettel – 1:29.615
2. Webber – 1:29.758
3. Alonso – 1:30.426
4. Hamilton – 1:30.556
5. Rosberg – 1:30.625
6. Kubica – 1:31. 040
7. Massa – 1:31.172
8. Barrichello – 1:31.175
9. de la Rosa – 1:31.274
10. Schumacher – 1:31.430

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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

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Lewis Hamilton on pole for the first time in 2010

Lewis Hamilton will start the Canadian GP from the pole position – first time this year the pole does not belong to Red Bull. Webber who again outqualified his team mate will line up next to him on the front row. Impressive job from Vitantonio Liuzzi – P6 for Force India. Hamilton’s fastest time came on soft tyres while Webber posted his on hard ones … The race strategies will be interesting tomorrow …

Qualifying result:

1. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:15.105
2. Webber – Red Bull – 1:15.373
3. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:15.420
4. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:15.435
5. Button – McLaren – 1:15.520
6. Liuzzi – Force India – 1:15.648
7. Massa – Ferrari – 1:15.688
8. Kubica – Renault – 1:15.715
9. Sutil – Force India – 1:15.881
10. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:16.071
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