Red Bull on pole AGAIN - this time in Turkey
Mark Webber completed a hat trick of pole positions on Saturday when he clocked the fastest time for Red Bull in qualifying for Sunday's Turkish Formula 1 GP.
The 33-year-old championship leader - he's leading team mate Sebastian Vettel by virtue of races won as they are level on points - has now made four poles this season and five in his career.
His team has taken all seven this year.
Vettel, 22, qualified third behind 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton of McLaren who therefore split the pace-setters and claimed a front row start for the first time in 2010.
Hamilton's McLaren team mate and defending champion Jenson Button was fourth ahead of German comeback kid Michael Schumacher of Mercedes.
His Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg was sixth ahead of Robert Kubica of Renault with Felipe Massa eighth for Ferrari. His team mate Fernando Alonso qualified down in 12th.
Kubica's Renault team mate Vitaly Petrov was ninth and Kamui Kobayashi 10th for Sauber.
On a warm, but overcast, day at the Istanbul Park circuit, the three new teams were all eliminated in Q1 together with Vitantonio Liuzzi of the Force India team.
Liuzzi, 29, had one final lap to try to beat the early cut but could not improve and, two weeks after the Force India team had two cars finish for the first time at Monaco, they had one ousted in the first session of qualifying.
That meant he joined Jarno Trulli and Lotus team mate Heikki Kovalainen, Timo Glock of Virgin, Bruno Senna of Hispania, Lucas di Grassi of Virgin and Indian Karun Chandhok of Hispania back in the paddock.
In Q2 it was Vettel on top again as he was in Q1 and in the morning's free practice. The shock was in seeing Ferrari's double World champion Fernando Alonso failing to make the cut to the 10.
Alonso, who ran over a white line and suffered a big wobbly moment as he ran towards turn 12, could only end up 12th. It was the second consecutive race weekend in which Alonso had suffered a mistake in qualifying - he started from the pits lane after crashing at Monaco.
He was eliminated along with Adrian Sutil of Force India who was 11th, Pedro de la Rosa of Sauber, Sebastien Buemi of Toro Rosso and the two Williams drivers, veteran Rubens Barrichello and rookie Nico Hulkenberg, who sandwiched 20-year-old Jaime Alguersuari in the second Toro Rosso. - Sapa-AFP
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Final qualifying session
1 Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1min26.295
2 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1min26.433
3 Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1min26.760
4 Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 1min26.781
5 Michael Schumacher (GER) Mercedes 1min26.857
6 Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1min26.952
7 Robert Kubica (POL) Renault 1min27.039
8 Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1min27.082
9 Vitaly Petrov (RUS) Renault 1min27.430
10 Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber 1min28.122
Second qualifying session
IN
1 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull 1min26.729
2 Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 1min26.818
3 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1min27.013
4 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1min27.141
5 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1min27.200
6 Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1min27.277
7 Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Renault 1min27.387
8 Robert Kubica (Poland) Renault 1min27.426
9 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) BMW 1min27.434
10 Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 1min27.438
OUT
11 Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India 1min27.525
12 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1min27.612
13 Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) BMW 1min27.879
14 Sebastien Buemi (Switzerland) Toro Rosso 1min28.273
15 Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Williams 1min28.392
16 Jaime Alguersuari (Spain) Toro Rosso 1min28.540
17 Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Williams 1min28.841
First qualifying session
IN
1 Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1min27.067
2 Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1min27.500
3 Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 1min27.555
4 Vitaly Petrov (RUS) Renault 1min27.620
5 Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1min27.649
6 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1min27.667
7 Michael Schumacher (GER) Mercedes 1min27.756
8 Robert Kubica (POL) Renault 1min27.766
9 Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1min27.857
10 Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 1min27.951
11 Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1min27.993
12 Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) Sauber 1min28.147
13 Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber 1min28.158
14 Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Williams 1min28.227
15 Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Williams 1min28.336
16 Jaime Alguersuari (ESP) Toro Rosso 1min28.460
17 Sebastien Buemi (SWI) Toro Rosso 1min28.534
OUT
18 Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA) Force India 1min28.958
19 Jarno Trulli (ITA) Lotus 1min30.237
20 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Lotus 1min30.519
21 Timo Glock (GER) Virgin 1min30.744
22 Bruno Senna (BRA) Hispania 1min31.266
23 Lucas Di Grassi (BRA) Virgin 1min31.989
24 Karun Chandhok (IND) Hispania 1min32.060
2010 Istanbul Formula 1 final free practice times
1 Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1min27.086
2 Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes GP 1min27.359
3 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 1min27.396
4 Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1min27.553
5 Robert Kubica (POL) Renault 1min27.784
6 Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1min27.861
7 Michael Schumacher (GER) Mercedes GP 1min27.879
8 Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 1min27.963
9 Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1min27.969
10 Vitaly Petrov (RUS) Renault 1min28.344
11 Sebastien Buemi (SWI) Toro Rosso 1min28.610
12 Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) Sauber 1min28.652
13 Jaime Alguersuari (ESP) Toro Rosso 1min28.734
14 Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) Sauber 1min29.036
15 Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Williams F1 1min29.044
16 Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA) Force India 1min29.211
17 Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Williams F1 1min29.305
18 Jarno Trulli (ITA) Lotus 1min30.618
19 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Lotus 1min30.884
20 Timo Glock (GER) Virgin Racing 1min31.341
21 Lucas Di Grassi (BRA) Virgin Racing 1min32.180
22 Bruno Senna (BRA) Hispania 1min32.230
23 Karun Chandhok (IND) Hispania 1min32.762
24 Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India
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