Alonso loses pole with Hamilton in the last minute.
D fter the heavy fog forced the organization to suspend the last practice session, there were serious doubts that the Japanese GP qualifying would be held, as the rain continued falling and the clouds were still very low. But fortunately for the many fans who were at the Fuji circuit, the session finally took place as originally planned.
How could it be otherwise, the meeting was chaired by equality and, as always, the battle for pole has reached the last minute of qualifying. Finally
was Lewis Hamilton who has been with the pole after overcoming his latest attempt with a time of 1'25''368 his McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso.
English driver seemed to have everything under control with three minutes remaining, But Hamilton has placed a final set of intermediates and started his last lap when subtracted only 20 seconds to conclude the session.
The UK has completed a great back and improved in 70 milliseconds time the Spaniard.
Kimi Raikkonen will start from third place and shares the second row of the grid with Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa. The top four teams have finished with differences of four-tenths of a second.
has returned to doing great work to Williams getting the sixth fastest time. But sadly for him and his team, the young German driver will start from 16th position on the grid due to the ten-place penalty for an engine change. However, Rosberg will come out ahead of teammate Alex Wurz, who in another disastrous qualifying session has not passed the 18 th position. The Honda
rain expected to build on the ability of Jenson Button in the wet. Button has made a great action and will in the sixth position ahead of Mark Webber, who has done a solid job for Red Bull.
Sebastien Vettel has been, in many ways, the star of qualifying, as will in a fantastic eighth place in his Toro Rosso. Looked to be a difficult session for the German, as he stood on a piano and did a spin on the first lap of the session. He regained his composure and managed to reach the final round of qualifying and overtake Kubica in the F1.07. His teammate Tonio Liuzzi will 14 º.
There has been a great day for the Renault team as Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen and have managed to reach the final round of qualifying. With Rosberg down to 16 th place, the duo will 10 º and 11 º respectively, ahead of David Coulthard in the second RB3.
also been a bad day for Toyota at home. Jarno Trulli will 13 degrees while Ralf Schumacher will do it in 15 th place after the session ended with an accident. Schumacher, under pressure to find a job next year, seems to be a gamble and tried to overtake on the inside of Sakon Yamamoto. Spyker driver slammed the door and Schumacher was out. Rubens Barrichello will
17 º in the second Honda, while Alex Wurz has not shown good pace in and out 18 º in the second Williams.
has been a bad day for the Japanese, as the Super Aguri Honda Pilot have not shown good pace. Anthony Davidson will Takuma Sato 19 º and 21 º.
Spyker duo Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto have not had a good performance and be in 20 th and 22 th positions respectively.
The weather forecast indicates more rain and clouds for the race, which suggests that we will have a grand prize of Japan quite lively and emotional.
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