Vettel takes 2nd consecutive pole at Indian GP

Sebastian Vettel grabbed 2nd pole at Indian GP

Sebastian Vettel continued his brilliant form en route to the pole position for the 2012 Indian Grand Prix. Despite making a mistake on his first run, the young German got it all together for the second run and secured his second consecutive pole position in India.

Mark Webber made it a Red Bull front row lock-out by setting the second fastest time. Lewis Hamilton was third fastest in his McLaren. The Briton wasn’t looking in a good shape prior to Q3 but did a good clean lap at the end of Q3 to set the third fastest time.

Hamilton’s team mate Jenson button was fourth fastest while Championship contender Fernado Alonso could only produce the fifth fastest time.

The Ferrari team will have to hope for some miracle if they want to challenge Red Bull as with their momentum, they are fast getting out of everyone’s reach.

Felipe Massa was sixth fastest in the other Ferrari. The Brazilian had endured a tough day yesterday but managed to make it into Q3 and will be starting from P6 on the grid. He was followed up by the Renault of Kimi Raikkonen.

Raikkonen’s team mate Grosjean didn’t make into Q3 and from the visuals, it looked like the young Frenchman was over driving his Lotus. He will be starting from P11 on the grid.

Sergio Perez, Pastor Maldanado and Nico Rosberg round up the top 10. Nico Rosberg didn’t set a time in Q3, instead he opted to preserve his tyres for tomorrow’s race. Michael Schumacher couldn’t make into Q3 and will be starting from P14 on the grid.

Neither of the drivers from Force India made into Q3 which was a big disappointment for the Indian fans. Nico Hulkenberg and Paul Di resta start from 12th and 15th respectively.

Home hero Narain Karthikeyan qualified in 23rd place.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:26.387	1:25.435	1:25.283	13
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:26.744	1:25.610	1:25.327	17
3	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.516	1:25.816	1:25.544	23
4	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.564	1:25.467	1:25.659	21
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:26.829	1:25.834	1:25.773	21
6	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:26.939	1:26.111	1:25.857	18
7	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:26.740	1:26.101	1:26.236	25
8	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.179	1:26.076	1:26.360	23
9	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:26.048	1:25.983	1:26.713	24
10	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26.458	1:25.976	No time	23
11	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:26.897	1:26.136		16
12	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:27.185	1:26.241		20
13	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:26.851	1:26.331		19
14	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:27.482	1:26.574		19
15	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:27.006	1:26.777		19
16	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:27.462	1:26.989		19
17	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:27.517	1:27.219		17
18	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:27.525			11
19	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:28.756			10
20	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:29.500			10
21	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:29.613			11
22	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:30.592			8
23	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:30.593			10
24	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:30.662			11
		Q1 107% Time		1:32.071