Vettel easily to the best starting position

Author of the article: , published on October 26, 2013.

 

Sebastian Vettel easily won a new top starting position in qualifying for the Indian Grand Prix. The Red Bull racer took a lap with a softer mix in the final part of the qualifiers with a time of 1: 24.119, which was three-quarters of a second faster than his closest followers, Nic Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.

Due to the large differences in the performance of hard and soft tires, a lot of attention was paid to tactics in the last part. Vettel put on soft tires in the last attempt, and his teammate harder, so it's no surprise that both Mercedes racers were pushed out of second place. The Australian is not disappointed, however, as he will start the race on tires that are closer to his heart.

In the last attempt, Felipe Massa took the best lap and broke through to fifth place, thus again beating his teammate Fernando Alonso in sixth place. Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Hulkenberg ranked behind Ferrari racers, while McLaren Sergio Perez and Jenson Buttn finished last in the top ten.

Romain Grosjean, who predicted an attack on the Red Bull team before the race, surprisingly dropped out in the first half. Like Vettel, he took a risk with a harder version of the tires, but due to a few mistakes in the fast laps, he ran out of range until the second part of the qualifiers. The Frenchman shook his head when returning to the pits, but that didn’t help him. He will start the race from the ninth row alongside Williams racer Pastor Maldonado.

All attention is now moving to a race where Sebastian Vettel can win his fourth consecutive championship title. All he needs to do is place in the top five, while his team, with a 129-point advantage over Ferrari, will have to wait at least until the race in Abu Dhabi for the crown of constructor champion.

 

Indian GP results, qualifications:

Q3 Racer The team Hour Circles

1.

Sebastian Vettel Red Bull

01:24.119

12

2.

Nico Rosberg Mercedes

01:24.871

21

3.

Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

01:24.941

20

4.

Mark Webber Red Bull

01:25.047

17

5.

Felipe Massa Ferrari

01:25.201

19

6.

Kimi Räikkönen Lotus

01:25.248

18

7.

Nico Hulkenberg Clean

01:25.334

19

8.

Fernando Alonso Ferrari

01:25.826

15

9.

Sergio Perez McLaren

01:26.153

21

10.

Jenson Button McLaren

01:26.847

23

 Q2

11.

Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso

01:25.519

14

12.

Paul di Resta Force India

01:25.711

15

13.

Adrian Sutil Force India

01:25.740

16

14.

Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso

01:25.798

14

15.

Valtteri Bottas Williams

01:26.134

15

16.

Esteban Gutierrez Clean

01:26.336

11

Q1 

17.

Romain Grosjean Lotus

01:26.577

7

18.

Pastor Maldonado Williams

01:26.842

9

19.

Jules Bianchi Marussia

01:26.970

8

20.

Giedo van der Garde Caterham

01:27.105

6

21.

Charles Pic Caterham

01:27.487

7

22.

Max Chilton Marussia

01:28.138

8

 

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