Formula 1 - Round 9 - Nurburgring Germany

Webber grabs Pole.... hoping to see his first win tomorrow... GO WEBDOG :)

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Mark Webber took his first pole position after changeable weather contributed to a gripping Q3 shootout at the Nurburgring on Saturday, which saw the Australian, Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel, the Brawns of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton?s McLaren all in contention for the top slot.

First it was Hamilton?s. Then Button?s, before Webber?s 1m 32.230s put him ahead. Vettel?s 1m 32.480s momentarily placed him second before Button?s 1m 32.473s earned him P2, but immediately Barrichello?s 1m 32.357s lap finally gave the Brazilian second place.

With Button third and Vettel fourth, Hamilton?s 1m 32.616s stood up for fifth, with team mate Heikki Kovalainen enjoying McLaren?s renaissance with sixth on 1m 33.859s.

Adrian Sutil staged a major surprise for Force India on his home ground with 1m 34.316s for seventh, ahead of the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen on 1m 34.574s and 1m 34.710s respectively. Nelson Piquet was Renault?s faster runner in 10th on 1m 34.803s.

Rain at the start of Q2 had thrown things into huge confusion as Williams? Kazuki Nakajima and Massa went off the road on their slicks and everyone else came haring back in for Bridgestone?s intermediates. Kovalainen spun and clattered the wall in Turn Four, but was able to continue.

As the track dried out in places, Barrichello switched to slicks to set the pace with 1m 34.455s, while Button only jumped from 15th to fifth in the last seconds. Those who didn?t make it were BMW Sauber?s Nick Heidfeld on 1m 42.310s, Renault?s Fernando Alonso on 1m 42.318s after an earlier spin had hurt his chances, Nakajima on 1m 42.500s, Toyota?s Jarno Trulli on 1m 42.771s, and Williams? Nico Rosberg on 1m 42.859s.

Q1 had already weeded out BMW Sauber?s Robert Kubica (1m 32.190s), Toro Rosso?s Sebsatien Buemi (1m 32.251s), Force India?s Giancarlo Fisichella (1m 32.402s), Toyota?s Timo Glock (1m 32.423s) and Sebastien Bourdais in the second Toro Rosso (1m 33.559s).

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jSvfaBQhL8"]YouTube - M.Schumacher Onboard lap in GER,Nurburgring 2004[/ame]

YEAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!

Woohoo well done Webber.
Great stuff in really changing conditions. :D
Very surprised to see Mclaren up there, and Vett in 4th.

Car Weights posted:

Number Car Driver Weight [kg]

01 McLaren Mercedes Lewis Hamilton 654.5
02 McLaren Mercedes Heikki Kovalainen 664.0
03 Ferrari Felipe Massa 673.5
04 Ferrari Kimi R?ikk?nen 674.0
05 BMW Sauber Robert Kubica 673.5*
06 BMW Sauber Nick Heidfeld 681.0*
07 Renault Fernando Alonso 668.2*
08 Renault Nelson Piquet 676.0
09 Toyota Jarno Trulli 683.7*
10 Toyota Timo Glock 662.3*
11 STR Ferrari S?bastien Bourdais 689.5*
12 STR Ferrari S?bastien Buemi 674.5*
14 RBR Renault Mark Webber 661.0
15 RBR Renault Sebastian Vettel 661.0
16 Williams Toyota Nico Rosberg 689.6*
17 Williams Toyota Kazuki Nakajima 683.6*
20 Force India Mercedes Adrian Sutil 678.5
21 Force India Mercedes Giancarlo Fisichella 662.5*
22 Brawn Mercedes Jenson Button 644.0
23 Brawn Mercedes Rubens Barrichello 647.0

WOW, Webber had the same weight as Vettel, impressive AND they both are 15 kilos or so heavier then Brawn.

Brawn went for the front row and nearly got there... they will be dangerous off the line.

The reason is that Vettel didn't get in his extra lap. He was planning on a lower fuel load and pole position, but his qualifying was cut short due to poor timing.

YEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS WEBBER well done son!!!
Fantastic win with a stop go penalty!

What a Phenomenal race. Good start, not perfect, but kept pace with Barichello. Then that stupid drive through, very touch and go if he should have been given it. David Coulthard says no and thats good enough for me.

However Brawn went with a three pit strat for some unknown reason and stuck with it allowing Webdog to do as he pleased.

Great team effort as well to get him out in front of Massa in the last change.

Wonderful win, I'm a very Happy man...... here comes the national anthemn, back to the tv.

i honestly dont remeber the last time an australian won a round....

let alone from pole too

29 years ago.

That would be Alan Jones '81

Was there in Melb on the track when Webber got the 5th with his Minardi and watched him and Stoddard climb the podium and treat it as a win, fantastic.

Wasn't that Mark (and Minardi's) first race too?

Yep! :D

great! another bandwagon for people to jump on

Glorious, fantastic drive from Webber, he is the real deal.

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Quote from paladin;367366:
great! another bandwagon for people to jump on

man you are a cynical **** sometimes :P

Go webber, woohoo! :)

Sometimes?

Yay Webber gets home.

Loved it when he pointed to the flag like it was a long time since it was last raised on the F1 podium.

Most of that crowd has proberbly never even heard our national anthem. They had better get used to it.

Looks like McLaren and Ferrari are back now and the pressure is all on Brawn.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuMtQU1Cg4E"]YouTube - Mark Webber Celebratory Radio Communication (uncensored)[/ame]

Delirium. Pure f*cking delirium. Such an emotional moment, for him and his fans. Hearing him on live on the team radio at that moment made me well-up - so, so happy for the bloke.

Over 130 races and 8 years of F1 tribulation, capped off by being hit by a car in Tasmania before the start of the 2009 season - and racing with steel pins in his leg up until two weeks ago.

F*ck. Yes. Bring on Valencia.

BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | Webber 'could be the new Mansell'

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yeah watched it again. was a good drive by webber. had alot of luck and awesome stratagies.

Here is an interview with Mark yesterday on local radio here in Adelaide.

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/56776/FiveAA%20Mark%20Webber%20trimmed.mp3

What a terrible interview, lol - Mark clearly dead tired and not really interested in trying too hard.