Formula One News » Australian Grand Prix: Qualifying – Vettel on pole Posted on 17/03/2013
Sebastian Vettel secures pole position for today’s Australian Grand Prix in the re-scheduled Q2 and Q3; Mark Webber makes it a Red Bull 1-2, 0.420 seconds slower in the sister car; Lewis Hamilton comes in third on his Mercedes debut ahead of Ferrari pair Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso; Nico Rosberg is sixth; Sergio Perez is among those knocked out in Q2 after a move from intermediate tyres to super-softs backfires…
Australian Grand Prix: Qualifying times
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 27.407s |
| 2. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 27.827s |
| 3. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 28.087s |
| 4. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 28.490s |
| 5. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 28.493s |
| 6. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 28.523s |
| 7. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m 28.738s |
| 8. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m 29.013s |
| 9. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 29.305s |
| 10. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 30.357s |
| 11. | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 38.067s |
| 12. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 38.134s |
| 13. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 38.778s |
| 14. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 39.042s |
| 15. | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 39.900s |
| 16. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m 40.290s |
| 17. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m 47.614s |
| 18. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 47.776s |
| 19. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 48.147s |
| 20. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 48.909s |
| 21. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1m 49.519s |
| - | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1m 50.626s* |
all times unofficial
Q1 107 percent time: 1m 50.616s
*Outside 107 per cent

