Under dagens kvalifikation blev banen bare hurtigere og hurtigere, og Sebastian Vettel lignede fra starten en polesitter, og det blev han, men Lewis Hamilton formåede at puste ham i nakken. Fernando Alonso fik det aldrig til at køre, så at sige, og starter i morgen på ottende position. Tiderne fra kvalifikationen
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| Plc |
Kører |
Team |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
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| 1 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing |
1:36.558 |
1:35.796 |
1:35.657 |
| 2 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:37.058 |
1:36.795 |
1:35.766 |
| 3 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing |
1:37.215 |
1:36.298 |
1:36.174 |
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| 4 |
Romain Grosjean |
Lotus |
1:37.486 |
1:36.906 |
1:36.587 |
| 5 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus |
1:38.051 |
1:37.404 |
1:36.708 |
| 6 |
Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
1:37.927 |
1:37.102 |
1:36.794 |
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| 7 |
Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
1:37.667 |
1:36.549 |
1:36.937 |
| 8 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Force India |
1:37.756 |
1:37.066 |
1:37.141 |
| 9 |
Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari |
1:37.968 |
1:37.123 |
1:37.300 |
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| 10 |
Pastor Maldonado |
Williams |
1:37.537 |
1:37.011 |
1:37.842 |
| 11 |
Bruno Senna |
Williams |
1:37.520 |
1:37.604 |
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| 12 |
Jenson Button |
McLaren |
1:37.565 |
1:37.616 |
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| 13 |
Paul di Resta |
Force India |
1:38.104 |
1:37.665 |
|
| 14 |
Jean-Eric Vergne |
STR |
1:38.434 |
1:37.879 |
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| 15 |
Sergio Perez |
Sauber |
1:38.500 |
1:38.206 |
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| 16 |
Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber |
1:38.418 |
1:38.437 |
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| 17 |
Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
1:38.862 |
1:38.501 |
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| 18 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
STR |
1:39.114 |
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| 19 |
Timo Glock |
Marussia |
1:40.056 |
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| 20 |
Charles Pic |
Marussia |
1:40.664 |
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| 21 |
Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham |
1:40.809 |
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| 22 |
Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham |
1:41.166 |
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| 23 |
Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT |
1:42.011 |
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| 24 |
Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT |
1:42.740 |
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På grid i morgen bliver Romain Grosjean rykket fem pladser tilbage, og starter fra niende position. Læs mere om: Circuit of the Americas18/11/12 - Circuit of the Americas - Formel 1 |