As the 2010 F1 season has gone on I’ve come to like the current Q3-Q2-Q1 knock out qualifying system more and more. The tension ramps up nicely to the 10-minute shootout in Q3 for the top10 on the grid.
Abu Dhabi was a fascinating final qualifying session. There was none of the waiting until the last moment for Vettel, he went out early, set a very fast time and made it clear to everyone who was the guy to beat today.
Hamilton did something simular, he set an early time that he was unable to better. Both McLarens were consistently quick through out qualifying and Button lines up fourth.
Alonso was struggling down in 6th early in the session, his last chance lap was started with just a couple of seconds left in the session was enough for third. His comment at the presss conference was “just one more day of perfection needed.”
The biggest looser today was Mark Webber. He could do no better than fifth, he needs a good start tomorrow.
Abu Dhabi Grid
Vettel Hamilton Alonso Button Webber Massa Barrichello Schumacher Rosberg Petrov
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But Alonso and Ferrari could not deliver on race day. Thanks for some really interesting coverage of the championship this year, it has been a good year, to 2011 being as good.