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2011 BELGIAN GP: VETTEL WITH NEW POLE, PROVING HIS DRIVER ABILITIES


Incredible Vetel, the best driver in this season!!!

Sebastian Vettel will start on pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix after an incident packed qualifying session that saw disappointment for Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button and a bizarre incident involving Lewis Hamilton and Pastor Maldonado.

The Red Bull driver's 1:48.298 lap right at the end denied Lewis Hamilton pole by just under half a second. Mark Webber was third in the second Red Bull,a full second slower than his team-mate as the evolving track saw a big split in lap times. Felipe Massa was fourth fastest in the leading Ferrari.

Nico Rosberg will start from fifth position ahead of the impressive Jaime Alguersuari and the even more impressive Bruno Senna, who comfortably outqualified team-mate Vitaly Petrov, who will start tenth behind Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez.

The biggest drama today was at the end of Q2, when Button was the victim of a lack of communication in team, which left him to start just 13th. Disapointing start of his 20-th anniverasy of Michael Schumache, who crashed his Mercedes and will start last.

Pos     Driver                Team                Time        Gap   

1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:48.298

2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:48.730 + 0.432

3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:49.376 + 1.078

4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:50.256 + 1.958

5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:50.552 + 2.254

6. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:50.773 + 2.475

7. Bruno Senna Renault 1:51.121 + 2.823

8. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:51.251 + 2.953

9. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:51.374 + 3.076

10. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:52.303 + 4.005

Q2 Fastest time: 2:02.768 F.Alonso Gap

11. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2:04.692 + 1.924

12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 2:04.757 + 1.989

13. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2:05.150 + 2.382

14. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 2:07.349 + 4.581

15. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2:07.777 + 5.009

16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 2:08.106 + 5.338

17. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 2:08.354 + 5.586

Q1 Fastest time: 2:02.827 M.Webber Gap

18. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2:07.758 + 5.945

19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 2:07.773 + 5.960

20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 2:09.566 + 7.753

21. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 2:11.601 + 9.788

22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 2:11.616 + 9.803

23. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 2:13.077 + 11.264

24. Michael Schumacher Mercedes no recorded time
***UPDATE***
Pastor Maldonado has been given a five-place grid penalty for hitting Lewis Hamilton’s car during qualifying. The stewards handed Hamilton a reprimand for his involvement in the incident.

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