After a hard fought Pole, Vettel heard over the radio “Shake & Bake”, to what he agreed only that there was no slingshot and his teammate was his major threat… Pole wasn´t esay for certain, it was payback to Mark´s pole from a couple of weeks ago in Abu Dhabi. But perhaps this time payback will be tomorrow for Mark? One thing is for sure, the Red Bulls seem unbeatable at the moment. Grosjean meanwhile is extremely happy with his recent up in form, finally he´s getting to another stage, dueling at the top but with the Constructors Championship in mind and with a 5th from Hamilton and a 6th for Alonso, Lotus may have the upper hand in the catch game they have at hand. Not only that, Kovalainen´s position is way better than the other teammates Rosberg in 14th an Massa in 15th!
Qualifying results:
2013 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.338
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.441
3 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:37.155
4 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.296
5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.345
6 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:37.376
7 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.452
8 7 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:37.715
9 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:37.836
10 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.034
11 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:38.131
12 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.139
13 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.217
14 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.364
15 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.592
16 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:38.696
17 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:39.250
18 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:39.351
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.491
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.528
21 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:40.596
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.401
Note – Button penalised 3 grid spots for passing under red flags in FP1. Pic penalised 5 for unscheduled gearbox change.
