The Formula 1 Valencia Grand Prix was tipped to be a hard fought one for the Red Bull team to gain provisional pole but Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber managed to get a Red Bull one-two for tomorrow's Grand Prix. Vettel was fastest in the early morning practice session but it was Renault's Robert Kubica who got the fastest time in Q1. The main drama was Michael Schumacher, who looked out of his depth in Valencia, he managed to pull of a last lap that secured his place in Q2 at BMW Sauber's Koboyashi's expense. Lotus' Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen filled positions 19 and 20. Virgin's Di Grassi and Timo Glock finished in 21st and 22nd this being the first time the Italian debutant qualified ahead of his German teammate. The Cosworth duo, Chandhok and Senna rounded off the casualties of Q1 with the new constructors still finding their feet on the Formula 1 stage.
Q2 saw Sebastian Vettel grab the quickest lap but tenths of a second separated the top six in Q2. Both Toro Rosso's exited at this stage with Buemi finishing 11th and Jaime Alguesuari 17th for tomorrow's race. Koboyashi's Sauber teammate Pedro De La Rosa managed to qualify in 16th with the suffering Michael Schumacher in 15th. The Force India duo will fill the 13th and 14th places on the grid with Adrian Sutil just edging Liuzzi with Schuamacher's Mercedes' teammate Nico Rosberg qualifying in 12th.
Q3 saw a straight out fight between the Red Bulls, McLarens, Ferrari's and Kubica's Renault for the top places on the grid for tomorrow. Unsurprisingly Kubica's teammate Petrov finished 1oth behind the two Williams drivers, Rubens Barrichello (winner of last year's race) and Hulkenburg. Jenson Button could only manage a disappointing seventh as he looked really under the pace after two second places in the last two races. The formula 1 commentators tipped Kubica to 'upset the applecart' but he managed to qualify sixth behind the main contenders. The two Ferrari's just missed out on a top three spot with home hero Fernando Alonso finishing ahead of Felipe Massa in fourth. Winner of the last two races Lewis Hamilton could only manage third as the Red Bulls defied the critics and claimed their fourth one-two in qualification this season, with Vettel edging out Webber who seemed disappointed in himself as he wants to be the man in pole for tomorrow's race, which has limited overtaking on the Spanish street circuit.
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