It's an all Williams Martini front row in Austria.
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We meant spoiler as in Williams spoiled Mercedes' day, up to a point of course, because it's still a Mercedes engine pushing the Martini car.
Great for Williams and probably the very best thing that could have happened for F1, just when it was flirting with ridicule what with the fake sparks and the standing re-start regulations.
This is Massa's fist pole position since his nasty accident in 2009, his last pole had been in Brazil in 2008.
For Mercedes AMG proof that you can never take domination for granted. The equipment failed, it's true but both drivers also failed to deliver. Hamilton, especially failed running off the track on his "banker" lap in Q3. He will have his work cut out for him tomorrow.
On a lighter note, will conspiracy theorists now claim Lewis brought out the yellows intentionally to slow Rosberg, on a hot lap behind him?
Not bad for Ferrari with Alonso on row two. Raikkonen remains a mystery.
Red Bull will not be happy to have had Vettel fail to make it to Q3 and RIcciardo slower than a Ferrari on their own track.
Tomorrow could be a fantastic race, don't miss it.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m08.759s 2. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1m08.846s +0.087 3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m08.944s +0.185 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m09.285s +0.526 5. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m09.466s +0.707 6. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m09.515s +0.756 7. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m09.619s +0.860 8. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m10.795s +2.036 9. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 10. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes Q2 cut-off time: 1m09.657s Gap ** 11. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m09.754s +0.780s 12. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m09.780s +0.806s 13. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m09.801s +0.827s 14. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1m09.939s +0.965s 15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m10.073s +1.099s 16. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m10.642s +1.668s Q1 cut-off time: 1m10.821s Gap * 17. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m10.825s +1.311s 18. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m11.349s +1.835s 19. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1m11.412s +1.898s 20. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1m11.673s +2.159s 21. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1m11.775s +2.261s 22. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m12.673s +3.159s
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