Formula 1: Vettel beaten!

Japanese Grand Prix 2013: Qualifying

At the Japanese Grand Prix, another driver took the pole in qualifying, which is almost a sensation after all the Vettel dominance in the past races. Unfortunately, from the point of view of the competitors, it is only the teammate who was able to get ahead of Sebastian, responsible for this allegedly a defective KERS at Sebastian Vettel. And the fact that Webber is not the strongest starter additionally helps Vettel at the start tomorrow, the Australian will not be a real obstacle for the German. So the chances are already very good that Vettel will be able to close the bag this weekend and clinch the next world championship title early. Only Hamilton was able to come close to the Red Bulls, Alonso already commented that his 8th place was "the expectation" after all the years behind Red Bull and the results of the current season, nevertheless his teammate Felipe Massa managed to finish 5th with about three tenths ahead of him. With 4th place Roamin Grosjean confirms his rising form and that of Lotus, the 9th place of Kimi Räikkönen we do not want to overestimate in view of the fact that he drove from 10th place on the grid to 2nd place on the podium at the last race, the Finn is always good for a podium place. Encouragingly from a Swiss perspective, after the Sauber team's best result of the season at the last race in South Korea, German Nico Hülkenberg followed up with 7th on the grid, well ahead of Fernando Alonso on Ferrari. "We knew we had a good chance of advancing to Q3, but P7 is a nice surprise. It was extremely close today, everything really had to fit together, and we managed that quite well," said Hülkenberg after qualifying. How long will it take to decide the new Formula 1 world champion?

Results Qualifying - Japanese Grand Prix 2013

1 Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing 1:30.915
2 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing 1:31.089
3 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 1:31.253
4 Romain Grosjean, Lotus 1:31.365
5 Felipe Massa, Ferrari 1:31.378
6 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes 1:31.397
7 Nico Hülkenberg, Sauber 1:31.644
8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:31.665
9 Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus 1:31.684
10 Jenson Button, McLaren 1:31.827
11 Sergio Perez, McLaren 1:31.989
12 Paul di Resta, Force India 1:31.992
13 Valtteri Bottas, Williams 1:32.013
14 Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber 1:32.063
15 Pastor Maldonado, Williams 1:32.093
16 Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso 1:32.485
17 Adrian Sutil, Force India 1:32.890
18 Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso 1:33.357
19 Max Chilton, Marussia 1:34.320
20 Charles Pic, Caterham 1:34.556
21 Giedo van der Garde, Caterham 1:34.879
22 Jules Bianchi, Marussia 1:34.958