Sebastian Vettel took pole for Red Bull at the Turkish Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver snatched pole right at the death from Jenson Button, who will start second. His team-mate Rubens Barrichello will start third, after struggling during Q3 until a last-moment lap. The other Red Bull car driven by Mark Webber will start fourth on the grid, showing that Red Bull are really up for this race. Toyota, after a terrible slump at Monaco, recovered somewhat, with Jarno Trulli qualifying fifth. The two Ferrari cars of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa finished sixth and seventh; they will be disappointed with that, as they would have been hoping to push on from an excellent perforamce at Monaco more. Renault’s Fernando Alonso qualified eighth, and Williams’ Nico Rosberg qualified ninth. BMW Sauber, making a huge improvment, saw their drivers, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld, qualify 10th and 11th, respectively.
Meanwhile, McLaren went backwards, rather than forwards: Kovalainen managed 14th, but Hamilton qualified a miserable 16th. Afterwards, Hamilton started talking about next season: a sign of what McLaren have come to.
An extremely chipper Ross Brawn confidently told the BBC that Vettel had less fuel on board, and he was right: Vettel had six less kilograms of fuel in than Button. Although Barrichello has less fuel than Button, Brawn GP have the advantage in their strategy, being able to control the pit stops to more of an extent than Red Bull.
My prediction is, however, still with Vettel, as I believe that he will be able to manage to stay ahead of Brawn through the pit stops; but if you disagree (or agree, for that matter!) please vote on my pole:
http://andrewswitterings.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/who-will-win-this-weekends-turkish-grand-prix
