| Row 1 | 1. Nico Hulkenberg 1’14.470 Williams-Cosworth |
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| 2. Sebastian Vettel 1’15.519 Red Bull-Renault |
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| Row 2 | 3. Mark Webber 1’15.637 Red Bull-Renault |
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| 4. Lewis Hamilton 1’15.747 McLaren-Mercedes |
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| Row 3 | 5. Fernando Alonso 1’15.989 Ferrari |
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| 6. Rubens Barrichello 1’16.203 Williams-Cosworth |
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| Row 4 | 7. Robert Kubica 1’16.552 Renault |
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| 8. Michael Schumacher 1’16.925 Mercedes |
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| Row 5 | 9. Felipe Massa 1’17.101 Ferrari |
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| 10. Vitaly Petrov 1’17.656 Renault |
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| Row 6 | 11. Jenson Button 1’19.288 McLaren-Mercedes |
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| 12. Kamui Kobayashi 1’19.385 Sauber-Ferrari |
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| Row 7 | 13. Nico Rosberg 1’19.486 Mercedes |
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| 14. Jaime Alguersuari 1’19.581 Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
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| Row 8 | 15. Nick Heidfeld 1’19.899 Sauber-Ferrari |
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| 16. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1’20.357 Force India-Mercedes |
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| Row 9 | 17. Timo Glock 1’22.130 Virgin-Cosworth |
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| 18. Jarno Trulli 1’22.250 Lotus-Cosworth |
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| Row 10 | 19. Heikki Kovalainen 1’22.378 Lotus-Cosworth |
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| 20. Sebastien Buemi* 1’19.847 Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
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| Row 11 | 21. Lucas di Grassi 1’22.810 Virgin-Cosworth |
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| 22. Adrian Sutil* 1’20.830 Force India-Mercedes |
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| Row 12 | 23. Christian Klien 1’23.083 HRT-Cosworth |
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| 24. Bruno Senna** 1’23.796 HRT-Cosworth |
*Five-place penalty for causing an avoidable accident in the Korean Grand Prix.
**Gearbox change penalty
2010 Brazilian Grand Prix
Maciek
6th November 2010, 17:07
Fan-******’-tastic! Are we seeing Williams’ 2011 potential?
Nin13 (@)
6th November 2010, 17:10
I’m thinking that too. But they’ll need both Barichello and Hulkenberg.
azoris
6th November 2010, 17:17
I totally agree! Current line-up should be retained.
nik (@nik)
6th November 2010, 17:21
Don’t be mistaken, the Williams is not a second faster than the remainder of the field :) Combination of circumstances today but still a fantastic result.
This will completely re-define Hulk’s career – he will have agents, media and sponsors throwing themselves at him which will change everything. I have always had faith in his abilities, I hope he finds a good race seat next year (I don’t think it will be at Williams).
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 17:26
If Webber does indeed leave RBR could we see an all German line up? Honestly I think he’ll stay at Williams and try to build the team around himself for the future.
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
6th November 2010, 17:28
I love it – half an hour and people are already linking him to RBR.
nik (@nik)
6th November 2010, 17:31
no chance and little chance
Red Bull have a conga line of young drivers and Williams have no cash
Icthyes (@icthyes)
6th November 2010, 17:43
None of Red Bull’s current Young Drivers have ever shown the potential Nico has. With Williams short of cash they might offer a buyout.
Not that I think it will happen.
nik (@nik)
6th November 2010, 17:45
ye but that would involve Dr Marko and RBR admitting that their program sucks and that they just jump onto whoever is the new hot thing and fork out the $$
a bit like Manchester City
BasCB
6th November 2010, 17:31
I expect Weber to use this well, he always knew how to make the deals for Schumi and did pretty well for Ralf as well.
damonsmedley
6th November 2010, 17:36
@nik – If you were still thinking of setting up that UK proxy thing so we can watch the BBC website, can we erect a forum topic maybe?
nik (@nik)
6th November 2010, 17:57
ahh yes, I will post in the forum tomorrow – sorry forgot about it (I actually couldn’t use it tonight, not sure why)
Spectator
6th November 2010, 17:37
They are fighting to survive so i dont believe on 2011.this last 2 years with rosberg werent the best but williams could have won a couple races bad luck bad 2nd drivers and engines made williams the team that it is now but the chassis is still one of the best good luck Williams and good drive and set up for hulk we could see another shock like the 08 italian gp with Vet
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 19:04
I hadn’t even thought about that until now, but with Rosberg’s bad qualifying result today and Hülkenberg taking pole with his previous team, Rosberg must be feeling a bit extra low today.
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
6th November 2010, 17:07
That was unbelievable. He and the team really nailed that – And not just pole, but a crushing pole. Fantastic.
damonsmedley
6th November 2010, 17:08
Well; who predicted that?! What a session! :D
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 17:26
No one. That’s who.
nik (@nik)
6th November 2010, 17:36
wont stop 80% of motorsport media from claiming that they knew this was going to happen, it was ‘expected’ yadda yadda yadda
what sucks is that the journos are going to drag the hulk story out between now and abu dhabi with all sorts of nonsense.
Mike
6th November 2010, 18:12
Why not drag it out? Have you seen anything more exciting happen in the last six months?
azoris
6th November 2010, 23:42
hmmm…interesting, but you never know!
Speed Damon
7th November 2010, 11:01
DAMN! So pleased for Hulkenberg taking pole. However he’s messed up my predictions so I am still pretty annoyed. Great pole time though. Over a second faster than Baby Schumi
Victor.
6th November 2010, 17:08
Fantastic qualifying. Vettel in front of Webber, Hamilton in front of Alonso, HULKENBERG on pole. Loved it.
wow
6th November 2010, 17:09
cosworth?………..
James_mc (@james_mc)
6th November 2010, 17:10
I believe their first pole since France 1999. Might have missed something though. Oddly enough that was taken by Rubens!
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
6th November 2010, 17:12
Technically that was under the Ford name though, must be early 80’s since a Cosworth branded engine last plonked it on pole.
James_mc (@james_mc)
6th November 2010, 17:21
I think I’ve got it down to either the first or the last race of 1983…. I think…. :-S
Icthyes (@icthyes)
6th November 2010, 17:55
Rosberg at the 1982 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch is the closest I can find. Even when they had Cosworth in the name they were still called Ford-Cosworth, it just started being badged as Ford-only when they came back to winning ways with Benetton.
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
6th November 2010, 17:11
Interesting, when was their last pole? Anybody know?
nik (@nik)
6th November 2010, 17:32
being a new supplier today, with engine-equilazation, is very different to the old days
cosworth entering f1 was ‘build an engine that produces x horsepower’ rather than ‘use x specs to build the most powerful engine you can
big diff
Skett
6th November 2010, 18:03
It is still use x specs to build the most powerful engine you can (well maybe its more best engine, since torque curve and fuel economy come into it), its just that the specs are incredibly limiting
Daffid
6th November 2010, 18:06
I’ve been thinking Lotus’s rush to the Renault engine may not be the best idea, but it’s hard to know what’s car and what’s engine.
Newey panned the Cosworth engine saying since they weren’t allowed Mercedes engines, and Ferrari would never let them win, he had no choice but Renault.
But I think that either that Cosworth unit is pretty good, or it’s rubbish and Williams have a fantastic car. They’ve been out-performing Force India who have the Merc power-house. Probably 50/50
RFB
6th November 2010, 19:18
It might even be the first time ever that all engine manufacturers got a pole position during the season.
Looked as far as 1971 at which point I gave up with the teams changing engine supplier in the middle of the season.
Hector.
6th November 2010, 17:09
Happy for Williams after long six difficult years with nothing.
BillHicks
6th November 2010, 17:09
That was brilliant to watch… what a show :-)
Mike
6th November 2010, 17:20
Every now and again, Formula one reminds me while I’ll never be able to give it up. Hulkenburg…. incredible…. Imagine what Murry Walker would say!
Scribe (@scribe)
6th November 2010, 17:23
You know it’s hardly been a bad season for F1 but my god thats so true. And i nearly had to skip this quali session.
What a fantastic result.
Rohan
6th November 2010, 17:09
Awesome. Just awesome. Really looking forward to tomorrow.
RobertG
6th November 2010, 20:20
I want Hulkenberg to win :)
hajr
6th November 2010, 17:10
Nico was 0:01.049s faster then Vettel :) WOW!
zcorpi
6th November 2010, 17:10
So if the drivers end up in the same place . Alonso will still lead the championship points right?
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 17:28
Yes. He’ll be a good margin ahead still.
Younger Hamilton
6th November 2010, 17:37
This is not about Alonso today its about THE HULK SMASH in qualifying so lets not talk about that for now.
Noname
6th November 2010, 18:16
No.
Too Short.
Icthyes (@icthyes)
6th November 2010, 17:57
ALO 241
WEB 235
VET 224
HAM 222
Which would leave Webber able to win the championship on his own, if he wins the race.
Alvaro
6th November 2010, 18:10
Hamilton and Vettel must drive very aggresive tomorrow; otherwise they will have no real chances to win the Championship in the last race if Alonso ends 5th or better
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 19:07
Yep. This is the last chance for both of them. I think we could see them both on the podium tomorrow too.
Jonathan
6th November 2010, 19:09
We would go into the last race with 19 points separating the top four drivers. That’s approximately 8 points under the old system.
Incredible.
Danny
6th November 2010, 17:11
WOW..what a fantastic qualifying session.. Way to go nico.. The race tomorrow will be amazing
giorgio
6th November 2010, 17:12
Can anyone remind me how Hulkenberg’s starts were this season? Does he get off the line good or he might loose the place down to turn 1?
Rohan
6th November 2010, 17:15
They’re generally better than Rubens’ starts, but aren’t much above average unfortunately.
Scribe (@scribe)
6th November 2010, 17:24
Still he’s got a good start of leading into the first corner, Vettle isn’t the greatest starter either.
f1alex
6th November 2010, 17:29
Neither’s Webber particularly, remember Spa?
I think the start should be quite exciting tomorrow…
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 17:29
If he isn’t taken out by Petrov his starts are usually fine I think. Good thing Petrov’s back in 10th.
BasCB
6th November 2010, 17:34
But it might come to something like that, Petrov was up about 5 places last time round before crashing. Now it might be Webber or crashkids Hamilton and Vettel.
I hope he holds on to the lead at least until the stops though. I would like to see what defending skills he has to offer.
James_mc (@james_mc)
6th November 2010, 17:12
Sooooo who predicted Hulkenberg on pole for the predictions championship?
Scribe (@scribe)
6th November 2010, 17:25
Me. Called it!
I wonder if even one single persons made this call.
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 17:29
I seriously doubt it. Stranger things have happened though.
sumedh
6th November 2010, 17:33
If you are the ONLY one, I hope Keith gives you some special prize.. or at the very least a mention in the article.
Todfod (@todfod)
6th November 2010, 20:33
Scribe. I really do not know how you saw that coming, or was it posted by mistake? ;)
I could have bet on a Button Q2 exit though. Jenson never disappoints.
David-A (@david-a)
6th November 2010, 20:44
Yeah. Pushed out by Felipe Massa too.
reddevilandy10
6th November 2010, 17:12
I honestly cannot believe this. What an epic qualifying. Fastest by a second? Are we sure that’s not Montoya in a 2004 Williams???
Max
6th November 2010, 17:12
Faster more than a second, great pole for Nico! Good luck for him tomorrow, and of course for Webber as well! :D
Xanathos
6th November 2010, 17:12
That’s a sad day for me…the first time that the guy on pole is younger than me ;)
But what a fantastic lap. I’m pretty sure no one has been a second faster than the Red Bulls in Qualifying this year.
zomtec
7th November 2010, 9:41
welcome to my world…
Hector.
6th November 2010, 17:14
I think Williams’ last pole was Montoya’s Brazil 2004.
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
6th November 2010, 17:16
Heidfeld took pole at the Nurburgring in 2005.
David-A (@david-a)
6th November 2010, 20:50
And Montoya wasn’t on pole.
DavidS
6th November 2010, 17:14
Fantastic work from Hulkenberg, he nailed it in those conditions.
Sadly, it’ll be all backwards from there. In a dry race he simply won’t have the car.
It’ll be interesting to see how he and Lewis affect the Championship battle as they are in the mix.
wow
6th November 2010, 17:15
this is new track for nico rite?what a show!awesome!
Calum
6th November 2010, 17:16
Hülkenberg takes SUBERB pole position.
Say what you want about weather conditions, it is heart warming to see Williams F1 at the front once again! :)
Johnny86
6th November 2010, 17:16
OMG..that was amazing. QUALI performance of the DECADE is it?..huh!! True talent…1 sec faster than the fastest car in damp tricky condition by a rookie.. R U KIDDIN ME?? NO HE HAS HULK’N ME..
Sutil-M (@)
6th November 2010, 17:17
i am so shocked wow great for williams
Jonathan Wallcroft
6th November 2010, 17:17
Pastor Maldonado watching that from Caracas is saying
“Damn there goes my chances for next year”
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 17:31
Haha. So true. His heart must have dropped.
f1alex
6th November 2010, 17:32
Brilliant comment! :)
I was thinking exactly the same thing! lol :)
João Pedro CQ
6th November 2010, 17:17
When I saw that Williams getting the pole, I falled from the chair. And that’s it.
Younger Hamilton
6th November 2010, 17:18
Over a second ahead of the Two Red Bulls. thats destruction
Guilherme Teixeira
6th November 2010, 17:19
Highlight of the year.
We don’t even need a pool for this category…
wow
6th November 2010, 17:20
100% agreed!…………….
Megawatt Herring
6th November 2010, 17:24
Agreed, I am so happy for Williams and not just a close pole but by over 1 second!
azoris
6th November 2010, 17:19
I feel so happy for Williams! The current line-up should be retained. There’s a serious progress here, you don’t need to change your drivers at this point. Rubens & Nico for the next season!
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 17:33
Yeah, they need them both. Rubens is a great tester/developer/guinea pig for Nico. His call to switch to slicks was what got Nico pole, and Nico wasn’t comfortable with the switch at first according to Head.
STRFerrari4Ever
6th November 2010, 17:21
Wow that was just amazing 1.1 seconds faster than a Red Bull & he kept his cool banging in quick sector times and ultimately quick lap times, truly deserved that pole position.
Dan
6th November 2010, 17:21
It’s just unbeliveable!
The guy sure must have used KERS!!!!
João Pedro CQ
6th November 2010, 20:29
I’m thinking in jet engine.
david
6th November 2010, 17:22
fantastic, just fantastic.. for a minute i believe hamilton will be in the front row but the red bulls…
Gridlock
6th November 2010, 17:26
It should never be forgotten too that he put in *2* pole-qualifying laps so this wasn’t some fluke – he is running a fresh engine I believe but he deserves serious attention from the big teams after that.
Hulk for Ferrari! :)
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 17:34
Yeah, that’s true, he already had provisional pole a lap earlier. I think that’s been ignored a bit…
Johhny86
6th November 2010, 17:26
I think i’ve fallen for this guy.First time this year a performance that gave me chills. Once fernando retires i’ll be rooting for you Hulk. Bring it on Vettel..
James_mc (@james_mc)
6th November 2010, 17:41
I know that he’s young and blond, but that’s a bit far isn’t it :-P
d-d
6th November 2010, 17:27
both Williams delivered, but Hulk did a real magic. Maybe they did setup for wet, while all others for dry race?
Dan
6th November 2010, 17:34
I really think, that the only logical explanation of this is that Williams have installed the Kers on the car. Altough no one has it this year, it’s not forbidden to use it, so Hulkenberg wouldn’t have a penalty. And one thing I heard at the beginning of the season is that Williams keeps the developping the system this year. Putting the system this race could have been the perfect way to test it…
US_Peter (@us_peter)
6th November 2010, 19:12
It’s not illegal under FIA regulations, but all the teams have an agreement under FOTA not to use it this year, so if they did run it they’d be going against that agreement and likely have some explaining to do to the fellow teams.
RFB
6th November 2010, 22:51
Of course Williams keep developing their KERS. It’s planned to come back next year, and they make a business of it. It would be stupid to stop.
Mads
6th November 2010, 17:36
What a pole lap.. Crushing the Red Bull’s by over a second! How is that possible? He totally destroyed everyone, in a car that is clearly not in the same league as the others. I don’t get what happened there. How can he be so much faster with the same tires as the others? Eddie said something about timing, but his first pole lap would easily have been enough to give him pole, and it was after that, that Vettel and Webber crossed the line. So they must have had better conditions then Hulkenberg. And then he just sealed it in the end. I just hope that he can hang on tomorrow and maybe salvage a podium, because i don’t think he will stand a chance if it is a all dry race.
Burak Turan
6th November 2010, 17:36
If the race develops in this order (Vettel,Webber, both ahead of Alonso) Redbull will face a difficult decision.
I mean letting webber go ahead or probably losing driver’s championship to Alonso
nik (@nik)
6th November 2010, 17:42
A session where driving made a diff and Massa and Button where nowhere
their performances, just wow..
Button had a bad session but Massa is just nowhere and in a really bad slump. He really needs a good result tomorrow and in Abu Dhabi – the last thing he wants is to head into the offseason having finished the season with these types of results
DaveW
6th November 2010, 17:50
Alonso 241
Webber 235
Hamilton 222
If they finish as they start. Shaping up nicely for Abu Dhabi.
Ng
6th November 2010, 17:54
Hmm I doubt so, we should see tomorrows race before making prediction because it is highly likely hulk was on a full wet set up? Which all the other championship contenders did not take, because it’s too much of a risk tomorrow,
Michael
6th November 2010, 18:17
First Cosworth-powered Williams pole position since Keke Rosberg at the 1982 British Grand Prix.
Johnny86
6th November 2010, 18:20
Isnt it wonderful for once so many including myself have left out our personal bias and bashing and unite to celebrate a truly awesome performance. Truely,nothing more uniting than underdog victory. F1 rocks..
That said tommorow alonso will be wiping hamilton’s floor. He he
VXR
6th November 2010, 18:32
I have a feeling that the ‘Hulk’s’ hero status may soon turn to zero status, as far as some of us are concerned, depending on what happens in the first few corners of tomorrows race.
Sometimes you have the combination of just the right amount of power, water, downforce and grip to throw up an anomoly. Which is exactly what has happened here.
d-d
6th November 2010, 20:30
I think it’s more about setup – I guess they gambled as Nico said before they were worried not to enter to Q3. In more stable conditions such a gap is not possible.
Nico wasn’t visible only until that moment when track conditions started to change at very fast pace, with every lap literraly. So I am more impressed by Williams’ setup than time gap to redbulls. So if tomorrow will be dry his shine will fade away quickly.
Still, it was impressive drive and fully deserved pole.
Hairpin
6th November 2010, 18:45
Well Done Williams and the Hulk.
The gap is almost unbelievable, I hope there’s no hidden reason for this ie low fuel, for the publicity, but not expecting a finish, just a thought ?
Alex
6th November 2010, 19:08
Cars get fueled after quali. So everyone is about the same (low) weight.
Jarred Walmsley
6th November 2010, 19:12
Possibly KERS as Dan suggested earlier. And it isn’t banned in the regs there’s just a ‘gentlemans aggreement’ not to use it
Skett
6th November 2010, 22:29
As a williams fan part of me hopes thats the case. Lets face it, it means it works a treat!
tenerifeman
6th November 2010, 18:45
So….. if this was next year then TEN cars would have been out of the race with the 107% rule applied!
Jonathan
6th November 2010, 19:12
They wouldn’t apply the rule by comparing Q1 times with Q3 times…
disjunto
6th November 2010, 20:27
ignoring the wet qualy part of the rule…
Mauve
6th November 2010, 19:19
amazing! I’ m still keeping fingers crossed for the aussie tomorrow, though
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
6th November 2010, 19:20
Incredible! A serious ‘what the f…’ moment but that was outstanding.
ZanteX
6th November 2010, 19:20
I was at college while quali was on but I didn’t want to know who won, so when I got home I went straight to the TV and watch it like real time. Boy, am I glad I did :D
mad79
6th November 2010, 20:08
this was a fluke for Williams and i dont see these resuakt as a sign for 2011 car!!!they(Williams will have a very tough year in 2011,because many of the sponsors will leave this year,RBS,Phillips and they will struggle to have to funds for next year!!