Vettel takes pole position in Monte Carlo
Sebastian Vettel's fifth pole position in the sixth race in 2011
Sebastian Vettel starts Sunday's race from pole position after setting the fastest time of the whole weekend. Jenson Button is second on the grid, 0.441 seconds behind Vettel and just 0.022 seconds in front of Mark Webber.The final qualifying session being red-flagged after Sergio Perez's accident helped Michael Schumacher take fifth place on the grid, because Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had to abandon their fast laps and could not continue where they left off after the restart.
Mighty impact by Sergio Perez out of the Monte Carlo tunnel
The qualifying in Monte Carlo was overshadowed by a heavy accident from Mexican Sergio Perez a couple of minutes before the end. After the accident he was transported to the medical center for further tests. His exact state is unknown at presentAll drivers who participated in qualifying were able to stay within the 107 percent time of 1:20.471. Hispania did not get their cars ready in time for qualifying, whether they can take place in Sunday's race the stewards will have to decide.
Qualifying - final results
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Pos.DriverNat.TeamQ1Q2Q3Gap 1Sebastian VettelGermanRed Bull1:15.6061:14.2771:13.556 2Jenson ButtonBritishMcLaren1:15.3971:14.5451:13.997+0.441 3Mark WebberAustralianRed Bull1:16.0871:14.7421:14.019+0.463 4Fernando AlonsoSpanishFerrari1:16.0511:14.5691:14.483+0.927 5Michael SchumacherGermanMercedes1:16.0921:14.9811:14.682+1.126 6Felipe MassaBrazilianFerrari1:16.3091:14.6481:14.877+1.321 7Lewis HamiltonBritishMcLaren1:15.2071:14.2751:15.280+1.724 8Nico RosbergGermanMercedes1:15.8581:14.7411:15.766+2.210 9Pastor MaldonadoVenezuelanWilliams1:15.8191:15.5451:16.528+2.972 10Sergio PerezMexicanSauber1:15.9181:15.482no time set 11Vitaly PetrovRussianLotus Renault1:16.3781:15.815+1.540 12Rubens BarrichelloBrazilianWilliams1:16.8071:15.826+1.551 13Kamui KobayashiJapaneseSauber1:16.5131:15.973+1.698 14Paul di RestaScottishForce India1:16.8131:16.118+1.843 15Adrian SutilGermanForce India1:16.6001:16.121+1.846 16Nick HeidfeldGermanLotus Renault1:16.6811:16.214+1.939 17Paul di RestaScottishForce India1:16.813+1.606 18Heikki KovalainenFinnishTeam Lotus1:17.343+2.136 19Jarno TrulliItalianTeam Lotus1:17.381+2.174 |
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20Jaime AlguersuariSpanishToro Rosso1:17.820+2.613 21Timo GlockGermanVirgin1:17.914+2.707 22Jerome D'AmbrosioBelgianVirgin1:18.736+3.529 23Narain KarthikeyanIndianHispaniano time set 24Vitantonio LiuzziItalianHispaniano time set |
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