GP Spain: Qualifying

1. M. Webber, Red Bull, 1:19.995
2. S. Vettel, Red Bull, 1:20.101
3. L. Hamilton, McLaren, 1:20.829
17. V. Liuzzi, Force India, 1:22.854

During the qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix Tonio made it into Q2, but was unable to qualify himself close to the top ten. Just like his team mate he ended up in the midfield with a 17th position on the grid for tomorrow’s race. However, due to a gearbox change penalty for Vitaly Petrov, Tonio moves up to 16th on the grid.

Afterwards, Tonio said: “For me it was a really difficult day as we lost 90% of the earlier free practice session with a throttle problem so we couldn’t improve our set-up. Then we jumped straight into qualifying with a lot of expectations, but we couldn’t get the right balance and struggled a bit with overall grip, which is why we are where we are. It was a shame as we expected a lot from Barcelona, it’s an important race at the start of the European season. There’s still a lot we can do from where we are though and if we get a wet race, which we could do, there’s still everything to aim for.”