| Source: autosport.com | lotusf1team.com |
Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position for the Italian Grand Prix as all his Formula 1 championship rivals made a mess of their qualifying sessions.
Fernando Alonso could only qualify fifth amid failed attempts at slipstreaming tactics by Ferrari, while neither Lewis Hamilton nor Kimi Raikkonen made it into the top 10.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m23.755s
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m23.968s +0.213s
3. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.065s +0.310s
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m24.132s +0.377s
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m24.142s +0.387s
6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m24.192s +0.437s
7. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.209s +0.454s
8. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.502s +0.747s
9. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.515s +0.760s
10. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m28.050s +4.295s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m24.776s Gap **
11. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m24.610s +0.633s
12. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m24.803s +0.826s
13. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m24.848s +0.871s
14. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m24.932s +0.955s
15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m25.011s +1.034s
16. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m25.077s +1.100s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m25.030s Gap *
17. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m25.226s +0.907s
18. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m25.291s +0.972s
19. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m26.406s +2.087s
20. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m26.563s +2.244s
21. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.085s +2.766s
22. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.480s +3.161s
Kimi Raikkonen – 11th: “We were just not fast enough today. We have been suffering a bit all weekend so far and it was the same today. It just isn’t our kind of circuit and layout where we have to run small wings. The car behaved pretty okay but we just didn’t have the downforce to go fast through the corners with our low drag package. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit better but I’m not expecting any big surprises. In any case we will do the best we can.”
Romain Grosjean – 13th: “Today was difficult for us as we had no grip. I was quite surprised at how it went in free practice yesterday, but today was simply a different story. The aerodynamic configuration for Monza isn’t an easy one and it didn’t go the way we would have liked it to go. I hope that we find grip levels for tomorrow and are able to deliver as good a race as we can.”
