Turkish Large Prix Qualifying Results
Another familiar face on pole
GETTY / Sebastian Vettel celebrates securing pole position ……… June 6,.2009.7:54 PM … Filed Under:….1
Sebastian Vettel on Saturday kept his championship dream alive by putting his Red Bull on pole position for the Turkish grand prix.
The German,.28 points behind Jenson Button in the drivers’ standings, pipped the championship leader to the front of the first row at the Istanbul Park circuit.
“If early season form is anything to go by, the Red Bulls are lighter than we are but we will have to see,” Ross Brawn, referring to the fact that the FIA will publish the cars’ qualifying weights later on, told the BBC.
Vettel’. teammate Mark Webber is fourth, just behind Rubens Barrichello’. Brawn.. The Ferraris are sixth and seventh, with the winner of the last three Turkish grands prix, Felipe Massa, behind the sister red car.
Vettel was also fastest in the .1 and .2 segments.
“After my engine problems yesterday,.. was confident we could do something today,” he said…”The last couple of races have not gone our way but finally we are ahead of the white-car guys!”
In total contrast, it was an awful session for reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton, who was slower than his teammate and eliminated in the initial .1 session.
“It’/spy shots the car, it just got slower and slower throughout the weekend as the track has got hotter,” the McLaren driver said.
PosNoDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Laps115Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault 1:27.3301:27.0161:28.31617222Jenson ButtonBrawn-Mercedes1:27.3551:27.2301:28.42122323Rubens BarrichelloBrawn-Mercedes1:27.3711:27.4181:28.57919414Mark WebberRBR-Renault 1:27.4661:27.4161:28.6132059Jarno TrulliToyota1:27.5291:27.1951:28.6662464Kimi RikknenFerrari1:27.5561:27.3871:28.8152473Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.5081:27.3491:28.8582387Fernando AlonsoRenault1:27.9881:27.4731:29.07520916Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota 1:27.5171:27.4181:29.19127105Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1:27.7881:27.4551:29.35720116Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:27.7951:27.521161217Kazuki NakajimaWilliams-Toyota 1:27.6911:27.629201310Timo GlockToyota1:28.1601:27.79518142Heikki KovalainenMcLaren-Mercedes1:28.1991:28.207181520Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:28.2781:28.39118161Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:28.3189178Nelsinho PiquetRenault1:28.58281812Sebastien BuemiSTR-Ferrari1:28.708121921Giancarlo FisichellaForce India-Mercedes1:28.717112011Sebastien BourdaisSTR-Ferrari1:28.9189
