Bridgestone Motorsport's 2010 British Grand Prix Saturday Update

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel powered to his fifth pole of the season, using Bridgestone's soft compound for a scintillating 1m 29.615secs around the new configuration Silverstone circuit for the British Grand Prix.

Great Britain Qualifying (L-R) Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro's Fernando Alonso, and Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, Credit: Bridgestone Motorsport

Vettel will have his Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber alongside him for tomorrow's race. He was also fastest in the morning, using Bridgestone's hard compound.

"Today the track surface continued to improve, both from being cleaned last night and from the many support categories which are racing at this event. Today's laps in the 1min 29s were very impressive at this new layout. We saw some small blistering on the outside of some left front tyres and this shows how severe the new layout is for tyres and cars."

"Both compounds have been working well and it is difficult to know the exact difference between them as the track surface has continued to improve so much. The blistering we have seen is only minor so we do not expect this to be a factor in the race. If it is very hot tomorrow it is possible for the tyres to overheat and their performance will suffer if this happens. Track position will play a big part in strategy tomorrow and I am looking forward to the first Grand Prix on Silverstone's new layout."

Stats of the Day

Practice Three 10:00 - 11:00

Driver            Team                       Time      Tyre
Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull Racing            1m 30.958s  H
Mark Webber       Red Bull Racing            1m 30.992s  S
Fernando Alonso   Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro  1m 31.101s  H


Qualifying 13:00 - 14:00

Driver            Team                       Time      Tyre
Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull Racing            1m 29.615s  S
Mark Webber       Red Bull Racing            1m 29.758s  S
Fernando Alonso   Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro  1m 30.426s  S
                                                        
Compounds used: Hard (prime) / Soft (option)

Temperatures     Ambient  Track        Weather
AM - Practice 3  24C-26C  29C-31C      Sunny / Partly cloudy
PM - Qualifying  27C-28C  34C-36C-35C  Sunny

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