24 March 2012

Lewis Hamilton on pole for Malaysian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton has scored this second consecutive pole position of the season in Sepang today, ahead of team mate Jenson Button who also qualified in the same position in Melbourne GP. Third place goes to the rejuvenated Michael Schumacher, who was on pace all the time in his Mercedes GP car. Behind the trio is the Red Bull duo of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, with Vettel opting for the harder compound tyre, a strategic move for tomorrow's race. Kimi Raikkonen, who topped the timesheet in Q2 session, could only managed fifth, though signalling clearly the front running pace that the Lotus GP cars now have. However, he will be only be starting 10th due to the five-grid penalty because of his changed of gearbox. Full results of Malaysian GP after the jump.
Pos.
Driver
Team
Q3 Time
1
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.219
2
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
1:36.368
3
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes GP
1:36.391
4
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing-Renault
1:36.461
5
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus-Renault
1:36.461
6
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing-Renault
1:36.634
7
Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
1:36.658
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes GP
1:36.664
9
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:37.566
10
Sergio Perez
Sauber-Ferrari
1:37.698
11
Pastor Maldonado
Williams-Renault
-
12
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
-
13
Bruno Senna
Williams-Renault
-
14
Paul di Resta
Force India-Mercedes
-
15
Daniel Ricciardo
STR-Ferrari
-
16
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
-
17
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber-Ferrari
-
18
Jean-Eric Vergne
STR-Ferrari
-
19
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham-Renault
-
20
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham-Renault
-
21
Timo Glock
Marussia-Cosworth
-
22
Charles Pic
Marussia-Cosworth
-
23
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT-Cosworth
-
24
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT-Cosworth
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