Sebastian Vettel secured Red Bull’s 50th pole position as he secured the front-row grid spot for the Italian Grand Prix, ending Lewis Hamilton’s string of recent poles.
Red Bull took a 1-2 as Mark Webber secured second, but the most surprising result of Q3 was that of Nico Hulkenberg who put his Sauber in third.
The mixed up Q3 session came as a result of some surprising Q2 exits which included Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton – who says he drove like an “idiot” and was blocked by Adrian Sutil – and Romain Grosjean.
That allowed both McLarens and both Toro Rossos to make it through in 8th and 9th and 7th and 10th respectively.
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Qualifying – 2013 Italian Grand Prix
| # | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 1:24.319 | 1.23.977 | 1:23.755 |
| 02 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 1:24.923 | 1:24.263 | 1:23.968 |
| 09 | J. Button | McLaren | 1:24.739 | 1:24.563 | 1:24.515 |
| 08 | S. Perez | McLaren | 1:24.635 | 1:24.592 | 1:24.502 |
| 13 | R. Grosjean | Lotus | 1:24.737 | 1:24.848 | |
| 06 | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:24.527 | 1:24.393 | 1:24.192 |
| 05 | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 1:24.661 | 1:24.227 | 1:24.142 |
| 11 | K. Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:24.819 | 1:24.610 | |
| 12 | L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:24.589 | 1:24.803 | |
| 03 | N. Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1:24.776 | 1:24.305 | 1:24.065 |
| 04 | F. Massa | Ferrari | 1:24.950 | 1:24.479 | 1:24.132 |
| 16 | P. di Resta | Force India | 1:25.184 | 1:25.077 | |
| 14 | A. Sutil | Force India | 1:25.161 | 1:24.932 | |
| 18 | V. Bottas | Williams | 1:25.291 | ||
| 10 | J-E. Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:24.630 | 1:24.575 | 1:28.050 |
| 07 | D. Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:24.655 | 1:24.290 | 1:24.209 |
| 15 | P. Maldonado | Williams | 1:25.228 | 1:25.011 | |
| 17 | E. Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:25.226 | ||
| 21 | J. Bianchi | Marussia | 1:27.085 | ||
| 22 | M. Chilton | Marussia | 1:27.480 | ||
| 19 | G. van der Garde | Caterham | 1:26.406 | ||
| 20 | C. Pic | Caterham | 1:26.630 |
