Q: Lewis, you left it to the last gasp but you have got your first pole of the season and the Red Bull stranglehold of qualifying has been broken and you pushed your car home as a celebration.
Lewis HAMILTON: Yes, it has been a great day and a great start to the weekend. It is just a bit overwhelming really for me. So many memories came back when they told me on the radio just now that I had pole position. It just reminded me of my first grand prix win here and my first pole position here back in 2007, so a very special day. I am just really proud of my guys to be honest as I damaged the car a little bit in practice and they fixed it in no time. Seriously professional. I owe it all to them really and this is really a reflection of their hard work.
Q: Mark, a very different tyre strategy between you and the Red Bull team and the McLaren team. Tell us about your thinking, about how you approached today and particularly tomorrow.
Mark WEBBER: Well, we thought we could still do a pretty good job today in qualifying on the harder tyre and that turned out to be the case. We knew we would still try and have a crack at the front row. We knew that the McLarens were still very strong on the option tyre if they elected to take it. Obviously it’s a long race tomorrow. We were planning to do the best job we can and we think this is something which hopefully will be beneficial to us. We are also mindful of the fact that there might be the odd safety car here and there, so there are many different ways tomorrow’s race could unfold. But we have stuck to our guns and the guys have done a great job all weekend and here we are with both Seb and I in the top three again.
Q: Sebastian, another cracking battle with Mark. This time the margin five-one-hundredths-of-a-second but once again in his favour.
Sebastian VETTEL: Yeah, I mean it was a pretty entertaining last session. Q3 especially. Obviously we went out on the hard tyres and they take a while to come in. We knew that. To be honest I didn’t get a lap in until the very last lap, so it was not the perfect timing, but it worked. The lap was not very clean, so I am still happy that I even made it third, so it is good. Tomorrow I think I should have a good start. I am starting on the... well, both sides are really even, but I am starting on the inside, so let’s see what we can do and I am very happy that both of us made it with, from my point of view, the right tyre. After yesterday’s practice we have seen the soft tyre is quite difficult to last for more than a couple of laps.
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