Mark Webber has claimed his seventh career pole position by edging out his Red Bull Racing teammate in qualifying for the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix. It is Webber’s second consecutive pole at the Circuit de Catalunya and last year Webber took full advantage going on to win the race.
Such is the dominance of Red Bull of late the fate of pole position was decided with almost half of the final qualifying session remaining. Vettel was the first of the Red Bulls to post a marker; 1:21.181 was Vettel’s time. Soon after, Webber crossed the line in 1:20.981.
The early season gremlins suffered by Webber now seem to have crossed the garage as Vettel was not able to use KERS during qualifying. With a long run into the first corner he will be hoping the problem is resolved in time for tomorrow’s race.
When available we’ll post the transcript from the post-quali press conference.
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