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British GP - Qualifying

Saturday June 20, 2009 | Finished

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  1. Vettel storms to Silverstone pole

    Vettel storms to Silverstone pole

    Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will start the British Grand Prix on pole position with Formula One championship leader Jenson Button sixth. More

Qualifying live standing

P. Driver Team Time
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:19.509
2 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 0:00.929
3 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:00.941
4 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0:01.164
5 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 0:01.289
6 Jenson Button Brawn 0:01.362
7 Nico Rosberg Williams 0:01.434
8 Timo Glock Toyota 0:01.563
9 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:01.788
10 Fernando Alonso Renault 0:01.814
11 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.000
12 Robert Kubica BMW 0:00.381
13 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 0:00.426
14 Nelson Piquet Renault 0:00.465
15 Nick Heidfeld BMW 0:00.521
16 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0:00.875
17 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 0:00.971
18 Adrian Sutil Force India 0:00.982
19 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0:00.990
20 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 0:01.309

Live Commentary

  1. - A thrilling session sees pole position for Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull. Sixth place for Jenson Button. Join us for the race, with lap-by-lap coverage from 13:00 UK time on Sunday.

  2. 0' Webber.... well outside! He goes third, and it's POLE FOR SEBASTIAN VETTEL!

  3. 1' Barrichello goes quickest, but VETTEL TRUMPS HIM!! 1:19.509... what about Webber?

  4. 2' No improvement so far with less than two minutes to go.

  5. 3' Button is fifth as the drivers come in for a change of tyres.

  6. 5' Now Webber by four tenths! 1:20.040 for the in-form Australian.

  7. 5' Vettel goes quickest with a 1:20.404 despite a cross-country excursion - amazing lap.

  8. 7' First flying lap from Rubens Barrichello - 1:21.417, a slow one. Vettel immediately goes faster.

  9. Q3 Green light for Q3 - 10 minutes to decide the grid for the British Grand Prix!

  10. 0' Alonso stays ninth as Sebastian Vettel goes fastest... and Felipe Massa is out! He will start 11th on the grid! Kubica, Kovalainen, Piquet and Heidfeld also out.

  11. 0' Button improves to eighth with the time at zero - will it be enough?

  12. 1' Button goes seventh but he is not safe yet - Glock and Barrichello push the Brit into ninth with time running down...

  13. 1' Massa improves a little but is eighth and still in danger.

  14. 2' Everybody except Webber is out on the track - crunch time for Jenson Button...

  15. 3' Raikkonen records the fastest first sector of anyone, and goes third overall. That will do.

  16. 5' Piquet runs wide over the grass and that won't do the bottom of his car any favours.

  17. 6' Button, Kubica, Piquet, Kovalainen and Heidfeld are the bottom five at the moment. The championship leader comes in for a change of tyres and will probably have two goes at posting a competitive time.

  18. 9' Webber goes quicker again with a 1:18.209, the fastest lap of the weekend.

  19. 11' Blimey! Mark Webber drills a 1:18.638. See you in Q3, Mark.

  20. 12' All 15 cars are out on the track and Massa posts the first serious time, a 1:19.257.

  21. Q2 Off we go! Fifteen cars remain, only 10 will go through. A 15-minute session.

  22. - Hamilton: "I was pushing as hard as I could with the car but what can I say? It was just dead slow ... I gave it my all and there's nothing really more I can do."

  23. - The wreckage of Sutil's car is being cleared off the track and we will soon be ready to go again.

  24. 0' There are still officially 24 seconds on the clock in Q1, but that is obviously not enough time to complete an out lap so this session is over.

  25. 0' And that means HAMILTON IS OUT!! Fisichella, Bourdais, Sutil, Hamilton and Buemi are the casualties. The world champion had his last-ditch lap scuppered by that red flag -disaster.

  26. 0' Red flag! The session is effectively ended as Sutil smashes into a tyre wall. He looks OK but that was a big smash.

  27. 1' Now Kovalainen goes 14th! Will that be enough? Massa is up into ninth.

  28. 2' Raikkonen goes sixth, and he is almost certainly safe, but Kovalainen comes through in 17th - he looks doomed!

  29. 4' Webber is fastest with 1:18.674, and there are some big names in the drop zone: Raikkonen, Heidfeld, Massa, Buemi and Kovalainen

  30. 6' Kovalainen is running dead last and he comes in for a very quick change of tyres.

  31. 8' Big moment for Lewis Hamilton!! He goes sideways through Becketts and does well to keep the car on the black stuff. Hamilton certainly not holding back.

  32. 9' Webber goes fastest for Red Bull, who are using an odd-looking 'duck-billed platypus' front wing.

  33. 11' Jarno Trulli goes 1:18.886 - what a lap! It's Webber second and Williams third and fourth...

  34. 12' Trulli is fastest with 1:19.356, Nakajima is second and Button third. Plenty of action out there.

  35. 14' Button's first flying lap puts him fifth. He'll need to do better, and almost certainly will.

  36. 16' Sutil clocks 1:20.860. He will do well to get out of Q1 for Force India.

  37. 18' 1:21.105 for Bourdais, who is quickest early on. He has been outqualified 6-1 by team-mate Sebastien Buemi so far this season.

  38. Q1 The first session is under way. It's 20 minutes, at the end of which the five bottom drivers will be eliminated.

  39. - Welcome to qualifying for the British Grand Prix from Silverstone!

Circuit Map

Silverstone Circuit
 

About the British GP

Length 5.141 km
Laps 60 (308.355 Km)
Last Year 1, 2, 3 1. L. Hamilton 2. N. Heidfeld 3. R. Barrichello
Record Lap M. Schumacher - 1'18''739 (2004, Ferrari)
Record Pole K. Raikkonen - 1'18''233 (2004, McLaren)
Last Year Pole H. Kovalainen - 1'21''049 (McLaren)

Previous winners

Year Driver
2008 L.Hamilton (McLaren)
2007 K.Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2006 F. Alonso (Renault)
2005 J-P. Montoya (McLaren)
2004 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2003 R. Barrichello (Ferrari)
2002 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
2001 M. Hakkinen (McLaren)
2000 D. Coulthard (McLaren)
1999 D. Coulthard (McLaren)
1998 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)
1997 J. Villeneuve (Williams)
1996 J. Villeneuve (Williams)
1995 J. Herbert (Benetton)
1994 D. Hill (Williams)
1993 A. Prost (Williams)
1992 N. Mansell (Williams)
1991 N. Mansell (Williams)
1990 A. Prost (Ferrari)
1989 A. Prost (McLaren)
1988 A. Senna (McLaren)

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  1. MARNIO FROM PERU, THIS IS YOUR UNCLE MARINARO4 FROM­ CHILE, STOP WRITING SUCH RUBBISH BEFORE I TAN YOUR HYDE­ YOUNG MAN. YOUR MOTHER IS WORRIED ABOUT YOU SHOULD BE­ TENDING TO THE GOATS. IF I CATCH YOU AGAIN YOUNG MAN­ WRITING SUCH RUBBISH I WILL CAIN YOUR HYDE.

    From David, on Sat 20 Jun 1:57PM
  2. Burt, please suffocate in some sissy's arse!

    From Red Ears, on Sat 20 Jun 1:50PM
  3. LEWIS U SUCK!

    From gunners4 lyfe:), on Sat 20 Jun 1:48PM
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    the hamster got slapped again.

    From Burt, on Sat 20 Jun 1:42PM
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    the hamster got slapped again.

    From Burt, on Sat 20 Jun 1:42PM
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    hello my f1 friends it marnio here from peru.
    ha ha h a­ ha ha ha, f1 best it has ever been. this the great­ seaso.
    mr hamilton son is the terrible driver and the­ mclaren car worse than the rubbish toyota.
    when they­ no5t cheat mclaren and mr hammilton son are the­ nothing.
    what a great season. love 2009 f1 season. love­ mr mosely and mr ecclestone they the real kings for us­ all.

    From marnio from peru, on Sat 20 Jun 1:42PM
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    the hamster got slapped again.

    From Burt, on Sat 20 Jun 1:42PM
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    the hamster got slapped again.

    From Burt, on Sat 20 Jun 1:42PM
  9. oh my . what was the hampster doing in the pits when he­ shood be outracing . may be he was eating one of kimis­ icre cream bars

    From Francis S, on Sat 20 Jun 1:42PM
  10. It's a shame that hamilton didnt start out in a f1­ team that wasnt at the top and make his way up. Now all­ he can do is blame the car etc. At least if he started­ somewhere else (excluding ferrari as well) he would­ have learnt more than just winning.

    From AlistaL, on Sat 20 Jun 1:40PM
  11. MR HAMILTONS SON IS SEEN WALKING INTO THE WILLIAMS­ GARAGE, DOES THIS MEAN THAT MR HAMILTONS SON IS GOING­ TO SIGN FOR WILLIAMS NEXT SEASON, STAY TUNED.

    From David, on Sat 20 Jun 1:39PM
  12. Don't blame Sutil. The Gerbil was 1.6 seconds off­ 15th on the previous lap!
    Max Hampster Slapping

    From Bill K, on Sat 20 Jun 1:39PM
  13. lewis is driving a brick on wheels

    From ransford, on Sat 20 Jun 1:35PM
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    Will be bloody boring without Hamilton in the race then­ tomorrow! what a load of @#$% this Season has been so­ far... Good Riddance to F1, roll out the new look­ competition when drivers will be able to race as we­ know they are capable of doing!

    From EOD_Abroad, on Sat 20 Jun 1:31PM
  15. WTF has happened to McLaren?

    From gegaard, on Sat 20 Jun 1:31PM
  16. oh, is it really that bad a car, Lewis? or did u get it­ stuck in reverse?

    From shambala180, on Sat 20 Jun 1:25PM
  17. Not suprised the hamster cant race - that woman he has­ is not to be left in the pits - much to good for him.­ Go back to your hotel hammy and bag her hard

    From Rob, on Sat 20 Jun 1:24PM
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    WHAT A LOAD OF BO LL OC KS ,SUTIL THE DI CK HEAD

    From brucef1lee, on Sat 20 Jun 1:23PM
  19. it looks cold and windy at silverstone. only one team­ using kers. brilliant concept mosley. anyone going to­ take it to the brawn gp and red bull cars?

    From gegaard, on Sat 20 Jun 1:17PM
  20. WHAT A FINE YOUNG MAN IS MR HAMILTONS SON, WHAT A REAL­ TALENT HE IS.

    From David, on Sat 20 Jun 1:14PM
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