Mark Webber takes the pole in Abu Dhabi

The first part of Q1, with favorites rolling with the medium compound, was dominated by Mercedes, with Hamilton 48 thousandths ahead of Rosberg. The Red Bull did not come out until there were 8 minutes left, and did so directly with the soft compound, began the struggle to get to Q2, with all drivers using the soft compound. Esteban Gutierrez was the first to see the checkered flag by a miscalculation, and fell in the seventeenth position, ahead of Adrian Sutil. Giedo van der Garde was at this time the first of the “slow”, although we have seen gaining advantage to overcome the limits of the track. Jules Bianchi has been twenty, twenty-first Charles Pic and Max Chilton has closed the classification.

Great equality we have seen in Q1, and anything could happen in Q2 , and the first thing we have seen is like practically Mercedes claimed the first step to Q3 , with the fastest times of the weekend , with Rosberg 4 mil per Hamilton before. The last two minutes were exciting, with constant changes in the cutting zone. The two Williams had slipped in Q2 and were surprisingly first candidates to be out, and this was confirmed with Maldonado and Bottas sixteenth and fifteenth. But the surprise was the elimination of Fernando Alonso in the eleventh position, behind his teammate Massa. Behind the Spaniard, di Resta, Button and Vergne. The last time Alonso went off top ten was in the European Grand Prix last year, ended up winning the race where also coming eleventh.

In the first round of attempts in Q3, Sebastian Vettel is clearly highlighted on the Mercedes, and Webber made ​​a mistake in the third sector that prevented him move from fifth. The last minute was the decisive, Mark Webber was the first to set a time and the Australian has the best provisional time, Nico Rosberg made ​​a mistake and did not improve his third position. Behind Hamilton had a spin and has not improved. Yes Vettel slightly improved his time, but could not overtake Webber, who took his second pole of the season, the other was in Japan.