Saturday, September 29, 2007

Qualifying Report: A wet pole for Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position in the wet at the Fuji Speedway on Saturday as McLaren locked-out the front row of the grid.
The McLaren rookie, who spent much of the session trailing in his team-mate's wake, found the pace in the dying seconds of the session, clocking a 1:25.368.
Alonso, who looked the most likely to take pole position up until his team-mate's last ditch effort, was just 0.070s off the pace.
And given recent tensions at McLaren, the 1-2 off the start-line offers the promise of an intense battle.
Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa were third and fourth ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg.
However, the star of qualifying has to be Sebastian Vettel, who brought his Toro Rosso home in ninth place.

Times

01 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:25.489
02 F. Alonso McLaren 1:25.438
03 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:25.516
04 F. Massa Ferrari 1:25.765
05 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:26.505
06 N. Rosberg Williams 1:26.728
07 J. Button Honda 1:26.913
08 M. Webber Red Bull 1:26.914
09 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:26.973
10 R. Kubica BMW 1:27.225
11 G. Fisichella Renault 1:26.033
12 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:26.247
13 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:26.247
14 J. Trulli Toyota 1:26.253
15 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:26.948
16 R. Schumacher Toyota no time
17 R. Barrichello Honda 1:27.323
18 A. Wurz Williams 1:27.454
19 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:27.564
20 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:28.628
21 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:28.792
22 S. Yamamoto Spyker F1 1:29.668

Source - http://www.planetf1.com

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