The Starting Grid for the China

by Adam Milleneuve on Apr 16th, 2011

Qualifying for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix was again dominated by Sebastian Vettel in his all-conquering Red Bull.  His lap time, set in the early stages of the pole position shoot-out proved to be a too higher target for Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button to battle for P1.

So now, our attentions turn to the start - can Vettel maintain his lead into turn one to then scamper off in his usual fashion and lead from lights to flag to make it 3 in a 1 for 2011 or can the British McLaren duo keep tabs on the young German or perhaps get to turn 1 first?  It will exciting to watch, that's for sure.

As well as the front row battles, the other driver to look out for especially will be Nick Heidfeld and Mark Webber - both start further back than they should be, with cars that are quicker than those around them.  If Heidfeld can recreate his stunning start from last weekend he could be up in the top 10 by the first corner, and as for Webber, we imagine he'll be pleased to get his motor home in the points after his terrible start to the season (well, relatively) just got even worse...

		Sebastian Vettel
Row 1		Red Bull		Jenson Button
		1'33.706		McLaren
				1'34.421
		Lewis Hamilton
Row 2		McLaren		Nico Rosberg
		1'34.463		Mercedes
				1'34.670
		Fernando Alonso
Row 3		Ferrari		Felipe Massa
		1'35.119		Ferrari
				1'35.145
		J.Alguersuari
Row 4		Toro Rosso		Paul Di Resta
		1'36.158		Force India
				1'36.190
		Sebastien Buemi
Row 5		Toro Rosso		Vitaly Petrov
		1'36.203		Renault
				-
		Adrian Sutil
Row 6		Force India		Sergio Perez
		1'35.874		Sauber
				1'36.053
		Kamui Kobayashi
Row 7		Sauber		M.Schumacher
		1'36.236		Mercedes
				1'36.457
		R.Barrichello
Row 8		Williams		Nick Heidfeld
		1'36.465		Renault
				1'36.611
		Pastor Maldonado
Row 9		Williams		Mark Webber
		1'36.956		Red Bull
				1'36.468
		H.Kovalainen
Row 10		Lotus		Jarno Trulli
		1'37.894		Lotus
				1'38.318
		J.D'Ambrosio
Row 11		Virgin		Timo Glock
		1'39.119		Virgin
				1'39.708
		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Row 12		HRT		N.Karthikeyan
		1'40.212		HRT
				1'40.445

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