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Sabtu, 29 Mei 2010

Qualifying: Webber continues Red Bull's run

Despite Lewis Hamilton's best efforts, Mark Webber was able to continue Red Bull Racing's run of pole positions in Turkey on Saturday

The Australian racer, who seems to have found something extra in either himself or the car, crossed the line with a 1:26.295, thereby sealing his third successive qualifying P1 - and Red Bull's seventh out of seven races.

However, it was a close call as Hamilton, putting his f-duct to use around the Istanbul circuit, mounted a challenge, finishing just 0.138s adrift to claim McLaren's first front row grid slot of the Championship.

He also split the Red Bulls as Sebastian Vettel could only manage third place, which should spark an exciting battle in Sunday's grand prix.
Jenson Button was fourth ahead of the Mercedes GP drivers with Michael Schumacher pipping his team-mate Nico Rosberg by less than a tenth of a second.


Robert Kubica and Felipe Massa completed the top eight while Fernando Alonso was the only big name not to make it through to Q3 as the Spaniard made a mistake at Turn 12 and then just wasn't quick enough on his following lap.

Times:

01. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:26.295
02. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.433

03. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:26.760
04. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.781

05. Schumacher Mercedes 1:26.857
06. Rosberg Mercedes 1:26.952

07. Kubica Renault 1:27.039
08. Massa Ferrari 1:27.082

09. Petrov Renault 1:27.430
10. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.122

11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:27.525
12. Alonso Ferrari 1:27.612

13. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.879
14. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.273

15. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:28.392
16. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.540

17. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:28.841
18. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:28.958

19. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:30.237
20. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:30.519

21. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:30.744
22. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:31.266

23. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:31.989
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:32.060

Source: Planet-F1