With Red Bull dominating this weekend's proceedings, many were expecting a Red Bull 1-2 in qualifying and the reigning World Champions delivered.However, instead of Vettel taking pole, as he has down in all four previous races, it was Webber who bagged the coveted grid slot by 0.200s ahead of his team-mate.
Lewis Hamilton took third place while Fernando Alonso finally improved on his qualifying P5 to take fourth, 0.003s up on Jenson button.
Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg were next in line ahead of Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado in what proved to be a very strange, uneventful and downright boring qualifying shoot-out.
Michael Schumacher qualified P10 although the German never actually set a time.
Times
01. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m20.981s
02. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m21.181s + 0.200
03. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.961s + 0.980
04. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m21.964s + 0.983
05. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.996s + 1.015
06. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m22.471s + 1.490
07. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m22.599s + 1.618
08. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m22.888s + 1.907
09. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m22.952s + 1.971
10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes
11. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.231s + 1.691
12. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m23.367s + 1.827
13. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.694s + 2.154
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m23.702s + 2.162
15. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m25.403s + 3.863
16. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercede 1m26.126s + 4.586
17. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercede 1m26.571s + 5.031
18. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m26.521s + 3.561
19. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m26.910s + 3.950
20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m27.315s + 4.355
21. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m27.809s + 4.849
22. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m27.908s + 4.948
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m28.556s + 5.596
24. Nick Heidfeld Renault No time
Source: Planet-F1
