Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes grabbed pole position for the
2013 British grand prix at Silverstone . This was after he was unhappy with his
car after a rain hit Friday practice session. His mechanics have surely worked
very hard on the car after that to keep the crowd favourite happy in his home
grand prix.
Coming in at a not so close second was teammate Nico Rosberg
who was beaten by Lewis by a whopping 0.452 second margin. How often do we get
to see that big a margin between the leader and the rest of the field?
The two Red Bulls - Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber took the
third and fourth positions respectively, on the grid.
In what was a good day for Force India , Paul Di Resta took
the fifth spot , his career best qualifying position so far , which would have
made him happy ,more so after failing to make it past Q1 in the past two races .Adrian
Sutil brought the other Force India home at seventh.
The Toro Rosso of Daniel
Ricciardo came in at sixth , equaling his best , probably motivated by the
prospect of replacing Mark Webber behind the steering wheel of the Red Bull
next season. His teammate Jean Eric
Vergne , who is also vying for the Australian veteran’s vacancy , failed to
make it to Q3 ,running wide on his final lap in Q2 and will be starting from
thirteenth on the grid .
The two Lotuses of
Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen , the third contender for the Red
Bull seat , set the eigth and ninth fastest times in Q3 and Fernando Alonso of
Ferrari rounded up the top ten.
This meant that neither of the Mclarens or the Ferrari of
Felipe Massa could make it to Q3.
Button who lost out on the final qualification round because
of Kimi Raikkonen who just made the cut at the last moment , sending Button
into the knockout zone and eleventh place on the grid.
With the mercedes’ lapping much faster than the other cars
it will be interesting to see if either of the Red Bulls will be able to clinch
victory here , but it doesn’t look like the Red Bulls or Mercedes’ will face too
much of a challenge from any one else , especially with Raikkonen and Alonso
struggling for pace . But who knows ? Especially with both of them gunning for
the title too, they will be even more determined to prevent Vettel from
increasing his lead over them.
We must keep an eye out for Toro Rosso though, as they
looked very good during the qualifiers and will almost certainly end up in the
points this weekend.
But being a Force India fan I will be looking out for Paul
Di Resta. He looked very impressive in the qualifying session and even in the
past two races , in which he finished seventh and ninth after starting from
seventeenth in both races and now that he is starting in fifth , his dreams of
making a podium finish seem a little more realistic and he would definitely be
looking to improve upon his performance in Silverstone last year where he was
forced to retire in the second lap due to a tyre failure.
Will it be the Red Bulls?
Or the mercedes’ ? Or will we see a fight back from the Ferraris and the
Lotuses? Are the Toro Rossos capable of springing a surprise?
And will Paul Di Resta get that elusive podium finish?
Who knows? Let’s watch to find out!!
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