Saturday, May 26, 2012

Qualifying: Schumi quickest but not on pole

Michael Schumacher turned back the clock on Saturday when he set the pace in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix

The seven-time World Champ, who had 68 pole positions heading into this weekend's grand prix, posted a 1:14.301 to take the P1 slot in qualifying by 0.08-s ahead of Mark Webber.

However, it's the Aussie who will start Sunday's 78-lap grand prix from pole position as Schumacher has a five-grid slot penalty for his crash with Bruno Senna at the previous race in Spain.

Nico Rosberg will therefore join Webber on the front row of the grid ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean.

Fernando Alonso will start P5 alongside Schumacher.

Jenson Button failed to make it into Q2, falling short on speed, which put him down in 13th place.

Meanwhile, Sergio Perez failed to make it into Q2 for the first time in his F1 career as, for the second time in his F1 career, he crashed in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix.

This time, though, he was unhurt and will start Sunday's race 24th on the grid.

Times

01 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:14.301
02 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:14.381 0.080
03 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:14.448 0.147
04 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:14.583 0.282
05 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:14.639 0.338
06 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:14.948 0.647
07 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.049 0.748
08 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:15.199 0.898
09 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:15.245 0.944
10 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull11 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:15.421 0.510

12 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:15.508 0.597
13 Jenson Button McLaren 1:15.536 0.625
14 Bruno Senna Williams 1:15.709 0.798
15 Paul di Resta Force India 1:15.718 0.807
16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:15.878 0.967
17 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:16.885 1.974
18 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:16.538 1.120
19 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:17.404 1.986
20 Timo Glock Marussia 1:17.947 2.529
21 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:18.096 2.678
22 Charles Pic Marussia 1:18.476 3.058
23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:19.310 3.892
24 Sergio Perez Sauber

Source: Planet-F1

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