The qualifying result was a good one for Mercedes with Rosberg grabbing the third pole of his career. PHOTO: AFP
The 27-year-old German clocked a dazzling best lap time of one minute and 20.718 seconds to outpace his nearest rival and Mercedes teammate Briton Lewis Hamilton by two-tenths of a second.
After poles secured by Hamilton in China and Rosberg in Bahrain, this was a magnificent treble top for the resurgent Mercedes outfit as they outclassed their rivals at the Circuit de Catalunya.
Defending triple drivers world champion German Sebastian Vettel gave his best for Red Bull to qualify third ahead of Finn Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus, local hero and two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari teammate Brazilian Felipe Massa.
Frenchman Romain Grosjean was seventh in the second Lotus ahead of Australian Mark Webber in the second Red Bull, Mexican Sergio Perez in the leading McLaren and Briton Paul di Resta of Force India.
Perez’s McLaren teammate Briton Jenson Button flopped again and qualified only 14th despite major modifications to their car.
Rosberg, however, was cautious in his approach. “I had a really good lap at the end and it is great motivation for the team but we have to be cautious,” he warned.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2013.
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