Chinese GP - Qualifying Result - Vettel unbeatable with hat-trick

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Qualifying, UBS Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai


18th pole of the career, hat-trick this year and 4 in row from the last year. Is there is any stopping for the world champion. Is he unbeatable....

With Mark Webber failing to qualify even the Q1, it was a bad day for the other Red bull. The strategy opting for hard tyres not to use soft tyres failed Mark.

He will be starting in 18th position on the grid. May be problems with the Red bull are far from over.

It was Mclaren duo who again aimed for pole but at last settling for 2nd and 3rd. Vettel was clearly a second ahead of second man Jenson Button.

But it was surely a Vettel day out with no stopping of him.

Nico Rosberg came home 4th in Mercedes as Mercedes looks competitive. Also Rosberg topped the Q1 with Hamilton topping the Q2.

The Renault of Vitaly Petrov changed the course of Q2 as his car stopped on track in 2nd corner just 2second left in the session. This resulted in not a faster lap times for all as they all headed for the pits. This caused a misfortune for Michael Schumacher and Sauber team while it was a fortunate run for Toro Rosso.

Ferrari were off the pace of that of Red Bull but still their reliability and updates paid off with 5th and 6th on the grid.

It was a lucky day for Toro Rosso as both of their drivers qualify for Q3 with their car separated by Birthday boy Paul Di Resta who finished in 8th position for the Force India.

It was for the first for Rookie Paul Di Resta to taste Q3 as he finished in 8th position. He ran exceptionally well in Q1 and Q2 also.

Vitaly Petrov was unlucky as his car stopped in Q2 when he was running 4th fastest. So the run ended for Vitaly Petrov in Q2 itself which caused him to start from 10th position in the Chinese GP.

Adrian Sutil in other Force India just misses the Q3 in the final seconds of Q2 and he will share the grid 6 with Rookie Sergio Perez who finishes ahead of his teammate Kamui Kobayashi.

The 7 time world champion had again disappointed his fans across the world as he was a bit unlucky due to Petrov stopping in Q2.

Rubens Barrichello in the lead williams will start in 14th with both the Williams car reaching Q2 and Maldonado will start in 17th.

It was a bad day for Renault as Nick Heidfeld car also had some problem with him not able to pose the time in Q2 until 3mins left with some problem with his car. He will start in 16th position.

Team Lotus, Virgin and HRT followed their trend with forming the line up at the back of the grid. As all team qualified the 107percent rule, we will be seeing 24cars taking their luck on track to win the Chinese GP tomorrow.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull - Renault	1min 35.674sec	1min 34.776sec	1min 33.706sec	14
2	Jenson Button	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 35.924sec	1min 34.662sec	1min 34.421sec	13
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 36.091sec	1min 34.486sec	1min 34.463sec	11
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1min 35.272sec	1min 35.850sec	1min 34.670sec	19
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1min 35.389sec	1min 35.165sec	1min 35.119sec	18
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1min 35.478sec	1min 35.437sec	1min 35.145sec	18
7	Jaime Alaguersuari	STR - Ferrari	1min 36.133sec	1min 35.563sec	1min 36.158sec	16
8	Paul Di Resta	Force India -Mercedes	1min 35.702sec	1min 35.858sec	1min 36.190sec	17
9	Sebastien Buemi	STR - Ferrari	1min 36.110sec	1min 35.500sec	1min 36.203sec	16
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1min 35.370sec	1min 35.149sec	No Time	11
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India -Mercedes	1min 36.092sec	1min 35.874sec		14
12	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1min 36.046sec	1min 36.053sec		16
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 36.147sec	1min 36.236sec		11
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	1min 35.508sec	1min 36.457sec		16
15	Rubens Barrichello	Williams -Cosworth	1min 35.911sec	1min 36.465sec		15
16	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1min 35.910sec	1min 36.611sec		11
17	Pastor Maldonado	Williams -Cosworth	1min 36.121sec	1min 36.956sec		17
18	Mark Webber	Red Bull - Renault	1min 36.468sec			8
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1min 37.894sec			7
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1min 38.318sec			10
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin -Cosworth	1min 39.119sec			8
21	Timo Glock	Virgin -Cosworth	1min 39.708sec			8
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT - Cosworth	1min 40.212sec			9
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT - Cosworth	1min 40.445sec			9

107percent Qualifying Rule Time: 1min 41:941sec.