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Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel will start his home race here at the Hockenheim circuit in Germany tomorrow from the best possible place after securing pole position in this afternoon’s qualifying session. This result sees Red Bull continue their fine qualifying form and from eleven events this year, they have started from the prized position a total of ten times.
Vettel is thrilled with the result and is now hoping to turn this afternoon’s great result into a victory here tomorrow and really give his home fans something to cheer about....
“That was extremely exciting, especially in Q3. I knew that both times I went out I only had one timed lap, so I had to get it right. It’s difficult here, there are some places that can easily lead you into a mistake on this track. If you push too much then you can lose the edge of the tyres and some time,” he explained.
“My final lap wasn’t 100% perfect and there were a couple of places where I went over the limit, which cost me some time. But, in the end, it was enough – although only just – to stay ahead and get the pole. I am extremely happy – thanks to the team. It is the first time I am on pole at home, but the main challenge will come tomorrow.”
Meanwhile, instead of having teammate Mark Webber alongside him on the front row, Vettel will have the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso as Webber made an error on his final timed lap and his best time was only good enough for fourth place....
“I made a mistake into Turn one on my final timed lap. I turned in a little bit late and cut the kerb, which took me out wide so I had to abandon the lap,” he said. “It was a shame I couldn’t take advantage of the improving track conditions at the end of the session; it wasn’t the best day for me. I let the boys down a bit, but Seb did a good lap for pole. Fourth is still not too bad – let’s see what we can do from there in tomorrow’s race.”
“It was a fantastic lap from Sebastian to get pole at his home race, albeit by the tightest of margins” added Christian Horner. . “Mark was right up there throughout the two qualifying sessions and again the drivers were split by very little. Unfortunately he ran wide at Turn one at the start of his last timed lap, but first and fourth is still a strong team result and it promises to be a good race tomorrow.” |
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