A treia etapa a Campionatului Mondial de Formula 1, MP al Chinei, se disputa in acest weekend. Dupa antrenamentele libere, sambata dimineata au avut loc calificarile, acolo unde germanul Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) a reusit cel mai bun timp. Vettel este la cea de-a doua performanta de acest gen, dupa cea de la Monza, din sezonul trecut.
Linia 1: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) 1:36.184 / Fernando Alonso (Renault) 1:36.381
Linia 2: Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) 1:36.466 / Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) 1:36.493
Linia 3: Jenson Button (Brawn GP) 1:36.532 / Jarno Trulli (Toyota) 1:36.835
Linia 4: Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) 1:37.397 / Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1:38.089
Linia 5: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:38.595 / Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:39.321
Linia 6: Nick Heidfeld (BMW-Sauber) 1:35.975 / Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:36.032
Linia 7: Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1:36.033 / Timo Glock (Toyota) 1:36.066
Linia 8: Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) 1:36.193 / Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:36.906
Linia 9: Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) 1:36.908 / Robert Kubica (BMW-Sauber) 1:36.966
Linia 10: Adrian Sutil (Force India-Ferrari) 1:37.669 / Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India-Ferrari) 1:37.672
Timo Glock (Toyota) a fost retrogradat 5 locuri pentru schimbarea cutiei de viteze, astfel ca va pleca de pe ultima linie.
Cursa va avea loc duminica, de la ora 10.00.
Sursa: M.G.