Mark Webber grabs pole for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina
Mark Webber beats Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel to grab pole at Yas Marina for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix while pole contendor Lewis Hamilton spins out on the final sector on his final fast lap in Q3 but qualifies fourth behind Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg in third.
Fernando Alonso missed out Q3 by managing just 11th quickest in Q2 while team mate Massa went through to grab 8th fastest. Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen qualified 5th ahead of Hulkenberg of Sauber and team mate Grosjean. Sergio Perez (McLaren) and Daniel Ricciardo (Torro Rosso) completed top10.
Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing–Renault | 1:41.568 | 1:40.575 | 1:39.957 |
2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing–Renault | 1:41.683 | 1:40.781 | 1:40.075 |
3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.420 | 1:40.473 | 1:40.419 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:40.693 | 1:40.477 | 1:40.501 |
5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus–Renault | 1:41.276 | 1:40.971 | 1:40.542 |
6 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber–Ferrari | 1:41.631 | 1:40.931 | 1:40.576 |
7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus–Renault | 1:41.447 | 1:40.948 | 1:40.997 |
8 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41.254 | 1:40.989 | 1:41.015 |
9 | Sergio Perez | McLaren–Mercedes | 1:41.687 | 1:40.812 | 1:41.068 |
10 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR–Ferrari | 1:41.884 | 1:40.852 | 1:41.111 |
11 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.397 | 1:41.093 | |
12 | Paul di Resta | Force India–Mercedes | 1:41.676 | 1:41.133 | |
13 | Jenson Button | McLaren–Mercedes | 1:41.817 | 1:41.200 | |
14 | Jean–Eric Vergne | STR–Ferrari | 1:41.692 | 1:41.279 | |
15 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams–Renault | 1:41.365 | 1:41.395 | |
16 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams–Renault | 1:41.862 | 1:41.447 | |
17 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber–Ferrari | 1:41.999 | ||
18 | Adrian Sutil | Force India–Mercedes | 1:42.051 | ||
19 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham–Renault | 1:43.252 | ||
20 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia–Cosworth | 1:43.398 | ||
21 | Charles Pic | Caterham–Renault | 1:43.528 | ||
22 | Max Chilton | Marussia–Cosworth | 1:44.198 |