Turkish Grand Prix - Qualifying Report

Top three drivers in qualifying in Turkey

Sebastian Vettel took another pole position ahead of his teammate Mark Webber.

It was his fourth of the season and he saved a set of fresh options for the race tomorrow. Mark did the same thing and so did much improved Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton took fourth ahead of fifth for the fourth time man Fernando Alonso.Jenson Button will start sixth, as both McLarens and Alonso used all their sets of options during qualifying.

Micael Schumacher in the other Mercedes will be very disappionted as he will start eighth as he struggled in Q3. Also in Q1 he got as bit punchy as he appeared to block Lewis Hamilton`s flying lap. So far no action taken by the stewards.

Full Qualifying Results :

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time         Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m25.049s
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m25.454s  + 0.405
 3.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m25.574s  + 0.525
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m25.595s  + 0.546
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m25.851s  + 0.802
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m25.982s  + 0.933
 7.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m26.296s  + 1.247
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m26.646s  + 1.597
 9.  Nick Heidfeld         Renault              1m26.659s  + 1.610
10.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              No time
Q3 cut-off time: 1m26.740s                                   Gap **
11.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m26.764s  + 1.154
12.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m27.027s  + 1.417
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m27.145s  + 1.535
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m27.236s  + 1.626
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m27.244s  + 1.634
16.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m27.255s  + 1.645
17.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m27.572s  + 1.962
Q3 cut-off time: 1m28.321s                                    Gap *
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m28.780s  + 1.767
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m31.119s  + 2.106
20.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m30.445s  + 3.432
21.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m30.692s  + 3.679
22.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m30.813s  + 3.800
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m31.564s  + 4.551
24.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       No time

107% time: 1m33.103s

* Gap to quickest in Q1

** Gap to quickest in Q2

The strategy will be crucial going into tomorrow. Race start will be at 1:00pm UK Time and it will be 58 laps.