British GP - Best of the rest
Silverstone, 10 July
As expected, the Red Bulls were unstoppable on their home turf, with the blue cars locking out the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel took his fifth pole of the season, beating his team-mate Mark Webber by fourteen hundredths of a second. However, it has been evident since the start of free practice on Friday morning that Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro’s F10 has shown great pace over the revised Silverstone circuit and is the best of the rest. In this afternoon’s qualifying, Fernando Alonso was “Mr. Consistency,” knocking in third fastest times in all three sections of qualifying. It means he starts on the clean side of the track, behind the pole man, which is often advantageous going into the high speed first corner at Copse.
For Felipe Massa, who was right behind his team-mate in Q1 and Q2, the final outcome was not quite as good as it should be, as the Brazilian did not manage to string together a perfect lap in Q3 and will have to settle for seventh place, securing a start from the clean side of Row 4. Fernando has Lewis Hamilton on his outside in fourth place and the home crowd were disappointed that his fellow countryman and McLaren team-mate, Jenson Button had a difficult afternoon and the reigning world champion will start from the outside of Row 7 in fourteenth place. The third row will see the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg who was fifth fastest and alongside him the Renault of Robert Kubica. The next row is an all Brazilian affair, as Felipe has Rubens Barrichello for company in the Williams.
What can we expect from tomorrow’s 52 lap race? It does not look as if the weather will bring any surprises, as the unusually warm and dry conditions are due to continue. Strategy should also be fairly straightforward as both type of Bridgestone tyre are behaving consistently, so it will all come down to the start, which is always the best opportunity to pass a car and how the race pace of the front runners compares on a heavy fuel load and then over a long run.
As expected, the Red Bulls were unstoppable on their home turf, with the blue cars locking out the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel took his fifth pole of the season, beating his team-mate Mark Webber by fourteen hundredths of a second. However, it has been evident since the start of free practice on Friday morning that Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro’s F10 has shown great pace over the revised Silverstone circuit and is the best of the rest. In this afternoon’s qualifying, Fernando Alonso was “Mr. Consistency,” knocking in third fastest times in all three sections of qualifying. It means he starts on the clean side of the track, behind the pole man, which is often advantageous going into the high speed first corner at Copse.
For Felipe Massa, who was right behind his team-mate in Q1 and Q2, the final outcome was not quite as good as it should be, as the Brazilian did not manage to string together a perfect lap in Q3 and will have to settle for seventh place, securing a start from the clean side of Row 4. Fernando has Lewis Hamilton on his outside in fourth place and the home crowd were disappointed that his fellow countryman and McLaren team-mate, Jenson Button had a difficult afternoon and the reigning world champion will start from the outside of Row 7 in fourteenth place. The third row will see the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg who was fifth fastest and alongside him the Renault of Robert Kubica. The next row is an all Brazilian affair, as Felipe has Rubens Barrichello for company in the Williams.
What can we expect from tomorrow’s 52 lap race? It does not look as if the weather will bring any surprises, as the unusually warm and dry conditions are due to continue. Strategy should also be fairly straightforward as both type of Bridgestone tyre are behaving consistently, so it will all come down to the start, which is always the best opportunity to pass a car and how the race pace of the front runners compares on a heavy fuel load and then over a long run.
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