GP China: Qualifying

1. S. Vettel, Red Bull, 1:34.558
2. M. Webber, Red Bull, 1:34.806
3. F. Alonso, Ferrari, 1:34.913
18. V. Liuzzi, Force India, 1:37.161

Tonio had a very disappointing qualifying session today at the Shanghai Circuit in China, when he didn’t get through Q1. Therefore he will start tomorrow’s race from the 18th spot on the grid. Just like in some previous qualifying sessions, traffic was causing a lot of delay on his flying lap.

Tonio commented: “We were fast in the morning and the car was reacting well to changes and seemed to have a good pace. Again, though, for the third time in four races I got caught in traffic, again with a Williams and an HRT. But that’s how it is, it happens, we have to look at why and then work on this. Tomorrow I think we are in great shape for the race as the speed has been there when we were on the longer runs but when you start in 18th place it makes life much more difficult. We are still optimistic though and we keep pushing whatever happens.”