Mark Webber Takes Pole Position in an Average 2011 Spanish Qualifying

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Published: May 21, 2011

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Well, I wouldn’t say that today’s qualifying was as dull as the last event in Turkey as we got a different man on pole, and great performances from Fernando Alonso and Heikki Kovalainen.

However, for the second straight Grand Prix weekend we also saw two men in first and second exit their cars before the final session was even over.

As I said, there were flashes of excitement, but I’m afraid my overall summary of the Spanish Qualifying would be that it was disappointing (And frankly that applies to 2011’s qualifying in general).

 

Qualifying One

Nick Heidfeld’s car caught fire during the final practice session and so it was touch-and-go as to whether the Renault could make it to qualifying.

Now, when something like this has happened before, qualifying one has effectively been decided. (This is due to the fact that of the 7 drop out places, 6 of them are regularly occupied by the ‘newest teams’. This of course means that if a ‘non new team’ has an issue, the chances of any drama are significantly reduced.

Narain Karthikeyan set the first time of 1:28:981, but it wasn’t long before the usual front runners took over on top.

With half the session done, Heidfeld still hadn’t had his floor fixed to the car and it was looking like game over for the Renault man and the session.

However, Felipe Massa was having real issues and had slipped to the bottom end of the standings. In fact, Mercedes and Ferrari both felt uncomfortable enough to use a set of precious soft tyres in order to survive.

My eyes were fixed on Heikki Kovalainen, though. The Lotus driver had been as high as P13 and was only dropping down the standings slowly.

In the end it became clear that Fernando Alonso and both Mercedes drivers had wasted a set of tyres, but Massa needed them to survive!

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