Vettel’s Blocked Run Cost Him Monaco Pole
Vettel did a two lap run, but had team mate Webber behind him so he couldnt drop back enough to get himself a gap to Nakajima.
The car would have been clean enough to have a shot at pole, yes. The first runs showed that we were extremely matched. We had a great chance to put the car on the front row, its very tight for pole position and you never acknowledge what you could have done.
What was impressive to me was the way he built up to the final lap. He wasnt happy with the balance of the car and was being dominated by his team mate in practice and even the early part of qualifyiing, but he kept calm, made some changes and then delivered the perfect lap when it really mattered.
Jenson Button has the pole, though and he is in great shape for the race. Ross Brawn says that he has 20 laps of fuel in the car, which is a fair amount, its two laps to a greater extent than Raikkonen has in his car.
Button described the pole lap as, One of the best laps Ive ever done.
Theres no hype here, all the engineers from other online F1 teams whom I speak to all say that Button is driving exceptionally well this season.
