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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Lewis Hamilton beats Jenson Button in Malaysia GP Qualification

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren


Lewis Hamilton has secured the second race of the season for the second time the pole position. In qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, the McLaren driver ran into 1:36,219 minutes, the fastest time. In addition to Hamilton in the first Row of the grid at the Sepang International Circuit is - as in Australia - team-mate Jenson Button (1:36,368).

Michael Schumacher drove to a strong third place and Sebastian Vettel who had 15 pole position in 2011 season, sixth.

Fastest Red Bull driver Mark Webber was in fourth position (+0.242). Kimi Raikkonen took the 5th place but he will start to race on 10th so five-place grid penalty. Romain Grosjean finished seventh in the second Lotus (+0.439) in front of Nico Rosberg in the Mercedes (+0.445), Fernando Alonso Ferrari (+1.347) and Sergio Perez (Sauber, +1.479).

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time         Gap   
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.219s
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.368s + 0.149
3. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m36.391s + 0.172
4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m36.461s + 0.242
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m36.461s + 0.242
6. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m36.634s + 0.415
7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m36.658s + 0.439
8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m36.664s + 0.445
9. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.566s + 1.347
10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m37.698s + 1.479
Q2 cut-off time: 1m37.477s Gap **
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m37.589s + 0.874
12. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m37.731s + 1.016
13. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m37.841s + 1.126
14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m37.877s + 1.162
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m37.883s + 1.168
16. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m37.890s + 1.175
17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m38.069s + 1.354
Q1 cut-off time: 1m38.437s Gap *
18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.077s + 1.905
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m39.306s + 2.134
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m39.567s + 2.395
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m40.903s + 3.731
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m41.250s + 4.078
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m42.914s + 5.742
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m43.655s + 6.483

107% time: 1m43.974s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2

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