Sebastian Vettel Takes an Easy Pole in the 2011 European GP

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Published: June 25, 2011

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Of course it was going to be hard for anything to be able to beat the phenomenal show that was the Canadian Grand Prix.

So I guess it’s no real surprise that the qualifying for the 2011 European Grand Prix felt so flat. I have to say 2011 qualifying has been some of the worst I’ve ever seen, and frankly even Canada’s qualifying wasn’t exactly heart stopping.

Each session followed an almost pre-written pattern and the final "shootout" felt as exciting as a bowl of oatmeal!

 

Qualifying One

Nick Heidfeld opened the session with a 1:41:897.

Ferrari had looked good throughout free practice, but something was certainly lacking as soon as qualifying started.

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa are trying different front wing configurations and although both drivers occupied high spots in Q1, neither really looked like challenging McLaren or Red Bull.



In fact, Massa felt under enough pressure in the first session that he had to fit a set of the precious soft tyres with just two minutes left.

Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton both looked pretty good for McLaren and although Hamilton finished Q1 ahead, I felt Button was the faster of the two in the session as a whole.

There was some excitement in the Red Bull garage as although Sebastian Vettel made it comfortably through, Mark Webber found himself slowly slipping to P18! Webber fought with traffic and could only manage to make it through in P16.

Jamie Alguersuari joined the ‘new teams’ in the final drop out spot for the third consecutive week. Not good news for Alguersuari, and not a particularly thrilling Q1.

 

Q1 Top Three

Felipe Massa

Sebastian Vettel

Michael Schumacher

 



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