Germanic week-end
Depuis le début du week-end, la colonie germanique monopolise le devant de la scène avec Sebastian Vettel et Nico Rosberg. L'étoile d'Heppenheim en remet une couche et en dérobant la pole à son coéquipier puis à "Rubinho". Revenons à présent sur ces essais qualificatifs marqués par l'accident d'Adrian Sutil.
Climatic conditions : could, T. air : 16°C ; T. track : 25-27°C ; rate of humidity : 61-62 % and speed of wind : 5 m.s (west)
Q1 : 20 min, Q2 : 15 min and Q3 : 10 min (1pm - 2pm : +1h in France)
The Q1 gives the eighth, ninth and tenth lines of starting grid. At 1:19 pm, Adrian Sutil is victim a off-track at the Abbey bend (mechanical failures). The german is well but his car is completely destroyed. He will leave eighteenth tomorrow. The session is interrupted. Giancarlo Fisichella is sixteenth. Sébastien Bourdais cannot hide his disappointment. He aimed a place in Q2. Our favorite frenchie has to be satisfied of the seventeenth. Lewis Hamilton and Sébastien Buemi close the walking. Kazuki Nakajima was in head in this part (1’18’’510).
The Q2 marks the end of qualifying for five others drivers. Felipe Massa fails near to the top 10. He's eleventh. Robert Kubiça occupies the twelfth rank. Heikki Kovalainen, thirteenth, will be with Nelson Piquet Jr. Nick Heidfeld is classified fifteenth. Sebastian Vettel signed the best time in 1’18’’119.
Sebastian Vettel takes down the fourth pole of his career in 1’19’’509 (Monza 08, Shanghaï 09, Istanbul 09). Rubens Barrichello is inserted between both Red Bull. Jarno Trulli is a shine fourth. Kazuki Nakajima obtains the fifth position. It's his best result in 27 participations. Jenson Button is only sixth. Nico Rosberg is seventh in front of Timo Glock. Kimi Räikkönen is ninth. He's followed by Fernando Alonso.