Vettel completes practice clean sweep
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of FP3 for the Indian Grand Prix to complete a clean sweep of all three practice sessions.
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<font color='#ff8c00'>Practice Session 3</font>
[/U]</font><font color='#4b0082'>Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps</font>
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m25.842s 20
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m26.034s + 0.192s 17
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m26.108s + 0.266s 18
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m26.151s + 0.309s 21
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m26.209s + 0.367s 22
6. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m26.214s + 0.372s 24
7. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m26.521s + 0.679s 15
8. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m26.531s + 0.689s 21
9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m26.652s + 0.810s 21
10. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m26.664s + 0.822s 21
11. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m26.691s + 0.849s 13
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m27.140s + 1.298s 18
13. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m27.162s + 1.320s 21
14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m27.193s + 1.351s 22
15. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m27.229s + 1.387s 21
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.374s + 1.532s 21
17. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.711s + 1.869s 20
18. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m27.983s + 2.141s 19
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m29.035s + 3.193s 20
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m29.237s + 3.395s 20
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m29.617s + 3.775s 20
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m30.298s + 4.456s 20
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m30.824s + 4.982s 22
24. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m30.873s + 5.031s 22
Vettel leads Red Bull lockout
Sebastian Vettel took pole position in a closer than expected qualifying session for the Indian Grand Prix.
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<font color='#ff8c00'>Qualifying Session</font>
[/U]</font><font color='#4b0082'>Pos Driver Team Time Gap </font>
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m25.283
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m25.327 + 0.044
3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.544 + 0.261
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.659 + 0.376
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.773 + 0.490
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.857 + 0.574
7. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m26.236 + 0.953
8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.360 + 1.077
9. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m26.713 + 1.430
10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes no time
<font color='#4b0082'>Q2 cut-off time: 1m26.939s Gap **</font>
11. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m26.136s + 0.701
12. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercede 1m26.241s + 0.806
13. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m26.331s + 0.896
14. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m26.574s + 1.139
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m26.777s + 1.342
16. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercede 1m26.989s + 1.554
17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m27.219s + 1.784
<font color='#4b0082'>Q1 cut-off time: 1m27.517s Gap *</font>
18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.525s + 1.477
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m28.756s + 2.708
20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m29.500s + 3.452
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m29.613s + 3.565
22. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m30.592s + 4.544
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m30.593s + 4.545
24. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m30.662s + 4.614
<font color='#008000'>107% time: 1m32.071s</font>
<font color='#800080'>* Gap to quickest in Q1 ** Gap to quickest in Q2</font>
Alonso still 100% confident he can win title
Fernando Alonso insists he is 100% confident he can win the title this year, despite watching Red Bull lock out the front row of the grid in India for the third consecutive race weekend.
Vettel expects tougher competition in race
Sebastian Vettel is not taken victory at the Indian Grand Prix for granted despite locking out the front row of the grid with Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber.
It was 'impossible' to beat Vettel to pole - Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton admitted it was impossible for him to take the fight to Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull in qualifying at the Indian Grand Prix, but he is more optimistic about doing so in Sunday's race.
Webber explains aborted qualifying lap
Mark Webber said he aborted his final qualifying attempt at the Indian Grand Prix after struggling to get his tyres up to temperature following a slow out lap stuck behind the McLarens.
Massa thinks he could have qualified ahead of Alonso
Felipe Massa believes he could have qualified higher than sixth for the Indian Grand Prix had it not been for a mistake at turn six.
Ferrari insist flag insignia not political
Ferrari have attempted to deflect suggestions that the appearance of the insignia of the Italian navy on their race cars this weekend is connected to the decision by Indian legal authorities to prosecute two Italian marines over an incident earlier in the year.
Perez: Today's result a nice surprise
Sergio Perez has expressed his 'surprise' after qualifying eighth for the 2012 F1 Indian Grand Prix.
Maldonado: 'we're better than ninth'
Williams looked on the pace heading into qualifying, but mistakes at crucial moments left Pastor Maldonado in ninth place on the grid for the 2012 F1 Grand Prix of India at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, while his team mate Bruno Senna will start from 13th after missing out on the top ten shootout.
Mercedes team tactics force Rosberg to sit out Q3
Nico Rosberg succeeded in making it through to Q3 in qualifying for the 2012 F1 Grand Prix of India at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, but then still had to sit out virtually the entire final part of the session in the pits.
Mercedes team tactics force Rosberg to sit out Q3
Nico Rosberg succeeded in making it through to Q3 in qualifying for the 2012 F1 Grand Prix of India at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, but then still had to sit out virtually the entire final part of the session in the pits.
Ricciardo 'hoped to be closer to Q3'
Daniel Ricciardo was happy to have avoided the dreaded Q1 cut that befell his Toro Rosso team mate Jean-Eric Vergne, but he'd hoped to be closer to making it into the final top-ten shootout than he ended up being.
Kovalainen unfazed by qualifying spin
Heikki Kovalainen had to make his way back to the pit lane under his own steam at the end of Q1, after a spin at turn 10 left him stuck in a gravel trap during qualifying for the 2012 F1 Grand Prix of India at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida.
Vergne misses cuts in Q1
Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne once again failed to make it through the first phase of qualifying in India, joining the 'usual suspects' in the bottom seven.
