The Starting Grid for Valencia

by Adam Milleneuve on Jun 25th, 2011

After Saturday qualifying, here's how the grid will line up for the European Grand Prix on Sunday.  Can Sebastian Vettel get back to his winning ways, or will Jenson Button turn another disappointing qualifying session into a second 2011 F1 season victory?  Can Mark Webber put his team mate under pressure or will Lewis Hamilton manage to rectify his recent performances and show people how fast and good he can be?

Maybe the dark (prancing) horse can spring the surprise that they've been threatening all season.  From the qualifying times, though, you have to say that Mercedes are a fair way behind the top 3 teams - Rosberg, the next fastest was over half-a-second down...

		Sebastian Vettel
Row 1		Red Bull		Mark Webber
		1'36.975		Red Bull
				1'37.163
		Lewis Hamilton
Row 2		McLaren		Fernando Alonso
		1'37.380		Ferrari
				1'37.454
		Felipe Massa
Row 3		Ferrari		Jenson Button
		1'37.535		McLaren
				1'37.645
		Nico Rosberg
Row 4		Mercedes		M.Schumacher
		1'38.231		Mercedes
				1'38.240
		Nick Heidfeld
Row 5		Renault		Adrian Sutil
		-		Force India
				-
		Vitaly Petrov
Row 6		Renault		Paul Di Resta
		1'39.068		Force India
				1'39.422
		R.Barrichello
Row 7		Williams		Kamui Kobayashi
		1'39.489		Sauber
				1'39.525
		Pastor Maldonado
Row 8		Williams		Sergio Perez
		1'39.645		Sauber
				1'39.657
		Sebastien Buemi
Row 9		Toro Rosso		J.Alguersuari
		1'39.711		Toro Rosso
				1'40.232
		H.Kovalainen
Row 10		Lotus		Jarno Trulli
		1'41.664		Lotus
				1'42.234
		Timo Glock
Row 11		Virgin		Vitantonio Liuzzi
		1'42.553		HRT
				1'43.584
		J.D'Ambrosio
Row 12		Virgin		N.Karthikeyan
		1'43.735		HRT
				1'44.363