Hamilton on Pole, Heartbreak for Narain
In the Spanish Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton scored the pole position in the dying seconds of the Q3. He was so low in fuel that he had to stop on the track after the qualifying and could not come back to the pitlane.
On the other hand, the lone Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan could only score 1:31.122 and was outside the 107% time. So he hasn't qualified for the race. He can only race on the discretion of the stewards. Considering that his time in Final Practice was within the 107% times and he was also better than his team mate and his team mate managed to qualify, so HRT will file an appeal for allowing Narain to race.
In the Q3, the drivers chose to do only one lap in the dying minutes of the qualifying. Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher and Kamui Kobayashi did not choose to set a time. Clearly they were trying to preserve their tires. Michael Schumacher who is known for his phenomenal starts, will hope to overtake a few cars during the start.
To the momentary delight of the partisan spanish crowd Fernando Alonso had scored the P1 time, however within seconds Pastor Maldonado and Lewis Hamilton bettered it.
Complete timings:
In the Spanish Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton scored the pole position in the dying seconds of the Q3. He was so low in fuel that he had to stop on the track after the qualifying and could not come back to the pitlane.
On the other hand, the lone Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan could only score 1:31.122 and was outside the 107% time. So he hasn't qualified for the race. He can only race on the discretion of the stewards. Considering that his time in Final Practice was within the 107% times and he was also better than his team mate and his team mate managed to qualify, so HRT will file an appeal for allowing Narain to race.
In the Q3, the drivers chose to do only one lap in the dying minutes of the qualifying. Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher and Kamui Kobayashi did not choose to set a time. Clearly they were trying to preserve their tires. Michael Schumacher who is known for his phenomenal starts, will hope to overtake a few cars during the start.
To the momentary delight of the partisan spanish crowd Fernando Alonso had scored the P1 time, however within seconds Pastor Maldonado and Lewis Hamilton bettered it.
Complete timings:
| Qualifying | ||||
| Sl. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:21.707 | 17 laps |
| 2 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:22.285 | 19 laps |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:22.302 | 15 laps |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:22.424 | 14 laps |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:22.487 | 13 laps |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:22.533 | 14 laps |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.005 | 17 laps |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 14 laps | |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 15 laps | |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 14 laps | |
| 11 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:22.944 | 13 laps |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:22.977 | 8 laps |
| 13 | Paul de Resta | Force India | 1:23.125 | 14 laps |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:23.177 | 13 laps |
| 15 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:23.265 | 11 laps |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:23.442 | 11 laps |
| 17 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:23.444 | 12 laps |
| 18 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:24.981 | 8 laps |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:25.277 | 8 laps |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:25.507 | 8 laps |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:26.582 | 8 laps |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:27.032 | 8 laps |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:27.555 | 6 laps |
| Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:31.122 | 4 laps | |
| Q1 | 107% Time | 01:28.4 |
