GP Australia: Qualifying

1. S. Vettel, Red Bull, 1:23.919
2. M. Webber, Red Bull, 1:24.035
3. F. Alonso, Ferrari, 1:24.111
13. V. Liuzzi, Force India, 1:25.743

Tonio will start tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix, the second race of this year’s championship, from the 13th position on the grid. It would have been possible for him to get into Q3 just like his team mate, but unfortunately Tonio was unable to progress into the final qualifying part after his potentially quickest runs were interrupted by traffic.

Tonio said: “It was really disappointing today. There was so much traffic – it was just impossible. Pretty much every lap I had some problem, particularly with the Williams of Hulkenberg and the Sauber of de la Rosa who don’t seem to be able to use their rear view mirrors. In all the sessions, on all of my runs, I struggled to finish a proper lap. I had green on the first two sectors but then got held up in the last sector, sometimes in the last corner. It’s a shame as I definitely think the pace was there to make it through to the top ten. I think we need to find a solution to this as there are so many cars and too many different speeds. If it’s like this here, I don’t know what it will be like in Monte Carlo, which is even tighter. “