World champion Sebastian Vettel will start from pole Sunday in Formula One’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix after a dominant performance in qualifying Saturday.
The Red Bull driver had a time of 1 minute, 23.529 seconds, more than three-quarters of a second quicker than nearest rival Lewis Hamilton of McLaren.
“It’s a good position to be in. It’s the best position, pole position, so I’m very happy with that,†Vettel said. “But … Details
No sooner is practice over, than the drivers go off to another insufferably long round of meetings with their engineers ‘to tweak setup’. But what exactly do they do? Autoblog UK is about to reveal all behind the arcane art of setting up a vehicle.
At the Renault garage, the narrow walkways are very congested. There are cars are up on stands with engine covers removed, and tools lying all over the floor. An army of mechanics beavers away tirelessly on each car to adjust setup correctly … More
RED BULLÂ Â –Â 1-Sebastian Vettel (Germany), 2-Mark Webber (Australia)
It appears that the 2010 champions will again be the team to beat with the RB7 drawing admiring looks in testing. What McLaren wouldn’t give to have design guru Adrian Newey back. Vettel, 23, is unlikely to drop as many points as last year when he nevertheless emerged as champion. Webber continues to defy expectation.
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