The Starting Grid for Malaysia

by Adam Milleneuve on Apr 9th, 2011

Here, in full is the starting grid for the Malaysian GP on Sunday.  The qualifying session presented a very close fight between both Red Bull and McLaren drivers - far closer than anyone expected but, still riding on the wave of being world champion, Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position away by just over a tenth of a second.

Full qualifying report to follow shortly...

		Sebastian Vettel
Row 1		Red Bull		Lewis Hamilton
		1'34.870		McLaren
				1'34.974
		Mark Webber
Row 2		Red Bull		Jenson Button
		1'35.179		McLaren
				1'35.200
		Fernando Alonso
Row 3		Ferrari		Nick Heidfeld
		1'35.802		Renault
				1'36.124
		Felipe Massa
Row 4		Ferrari		Vitaly Petrov
		1'36.251		Renault
				1'36.324
		Nico Rosberg
Row 5		Mercedes		Kamui Kobayashi
		1'36.809		Sauber
				1'36.820
		M.Schumacher
Row 6		Mercedes		Sebastien Buemi
		1'37.035		Toro Rosso
				1'37.160
		J.Alguersuari
Row 7		Toro Rosso		Paul Di Resta
		1'37.347		Force India
				1'37.370
		R.Barrichello
Row 8		Williams		Sergio Perez
		1'37.496		Sauber
				1'37.528
		Adrian Sutil
Row 9		Force India		Pastor Maldonado
		1'37.593		Williams
				1'38.276
		H.Kovalainen
Row 10		Lotus		Jarno Trulli
		1'38.645		Lotus
				1'38.791
		Timo Glock
Row 11		Virgin		J.D'Ambrosio
		1'40.648		Virgin
				1'41.001
		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Row 12		HRT		N.Karthikeyan
		1'41.549		HRT
				1'42.574

Can anyone beat Vettel on Sunday?  Seems more likely that in Australia, but it won't be an easy task...

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