Nico Rosberg – 7th: “I’m pleased that we made a step forward today but we could perhaps have finished higher. In Q1, I hit a kerb quite heavily and damaged the floor which lost some of the car’s downforce for the rest of qualifying. I was on my quickest lap at the end of Q3 but unfortunately I had to slow down for the yellow flag after Felipe’s incident so that cost me some time. I will push hard to gain places tomorrow and have a good race on this fantastic track. I’m guessing it will be an exciting race and the Indian people should be proud to have one of the best tracks in the world of motorsport now!”

Michael Schumacher – 12th: “Qualifying today was not really very good for us. At first I hit some traffic, and then on my final run in Q2, there was again vibrations on the set of tyres which I used which was not helpful. Saying that, this certainly does not explain the time gap to Nico so we need to understand what the reason was for that and get on top of it. As for the race tomorrow, this should work out better for me, and my aim undoubtedly is to score some points. I’m not really sure which side of the grid will be the better one, so I will just take it from there and try to gain as much as possible.”

Ross Brawn: “It was an exciting and tense qualifying session today. We got caught out a little in traffic on occasions which didn’t help as it was particularly close out there. It’s a shame that we didn’t get through to Q3 with Michael, and he was unhappy with his final set of tyres. Nico did a great job, especially considering that he was struggling a little with the car yesterday, so all credit to him and his team for getting the car in good shape for qualifying. Our runs on high fuel this weekend have been encouraging so we are looking forward to the race tomorrow at this impressive new track.”

Norbert Haug: “A good job from Nico today and a good qualifying strategy from our team with just one run in Q3 to save tyres for the race. Michael missed getting into the top ten by 0.018s and the gap to P8 was less than two-tenths which shows how intense the battle is. Our target tomorrow is to achieve the best possible result behind the top three teams and hopefully finish in the top six rankings which we achieved three times in the last five races. The new circuit and facilities here in Greater Noida are very impressive and it is very positive for Formula One to be present in such a vibrant country full of passion and friendliness.”

Sebastian Vettel – 1st: “It was an interesting qualifying session; a new circuit and a new challenge – obviously I’m very happy to be on the front row. I don’t know if being on the left or the right side of the track (we are on the left), is really an advantage or not; there’s not one side that seems to be the clean side, as we tend to run down the middle. It was a good battle and after the first run it was very close, so I knew I had to do a little bit better on the second. We decided to only do one timed lap each time, it was still a bit slippery, but overall I’m very happy. Tomorrow it going to be a long race, we start starting the best possible position, so we’ll see what happens.”

Mark Webber – 3rd: “This new venue has been a good challenge for us. It was tricky to work out the right strategy for qualifying. The tyres weren’t easy for one timed lap, so we had to work out how to do the right strategy – lots of teams tried different styles to get the best lap time out of the car. The first sector was tricky to get right on one timed lap. I could have done better in the first sector on my first lap in Q3; I couldn’t complete my second, as there were yellow flags after Massa’s incident. Overall it’s a good job for the team, we’ve come to a new venue, prepared well and we’ve laid a good foundation for a very good race tomorrow.”

Christian Horner: “A great qualifying for the team to have established our 16th pole and a new record for the most poles secured by a team within a season. Also to have achieved a front row lock out after Lewis’ penalty of yesterday has put us in the best position to start tomorrow’s race. The dilemma was whether to do one or two laps, but in the end Sebastian managed to make two laps which were effectively good enough for pole. Mark running two laps on his first set of tyres in Q3 was the right strategy, so first and second on the grid is a great place to be starting the inaugural Indian Grand Prix at a circuit that has been a real challenge for the drivers and is a really exciting venue.”

(Renault) Cyril Dumont: “A wonderful pole position again for Sebastian at this first Indian Grand Prix; I’m pleased for him. I think we had the pace today to lock out the front row – but anyway, we will start first and second on the grid tomorrow. That’s the best place to start the race – we’ve clearly got the pace on low and high fuel, so it could be interesting tomorrow.”

Rise over the championship, he will soon be the “hare”? For sure in qualifying Marc Marquez is subverting the values ​​in the field of early-season World Moto2 pole at six 125cc world champion Stefan Bradl the fourth responded today with staff in this 2011, after the third consecutive Mugello and Sachsenring. The pupil of Emilio Alzamora, riding Suter MMXI managed by Monlau Competicion (now “Team Repsol CatalunyaCaixa” to the needs of sponsors), the Masaryk Circuit at the end was able to take advantage of the double-wake and West Courses in front of him stopping the chronometers about 2’02 “493, just two tenths ahead of Stefan Bradl on the treasure that he can always boast of 42 championship points.

For tomorrow’s race in Brno (the way to 12:15) aims to repeat and, if possible, improve the podium at the Sachsenring, Alex de Angelis , with one third of JiR Motobi to complete the front row at the expense of Thomas Luthi, traditionally faster on the track of the Czech Republic Appreciable performance of the San Marino rider, but also the overwhelming majority of the Italian riders “middle class”.

The first of this list is Andrea Iannone , good and finally decisive fifth in qualifying with Suter’s Speed ​​Master Team, with Simone Corsi, Mattia Pasini and Claudio Corti on the third row from the seventh to ninth. To forget in Brno on Saturday for Michele Pirro, 22 °, 31 ° and with Alex Baldolini Thomas Lorenzetti 38 ° due to a slip at the beginning of the session.

Same trouble for Julian Simon, who fell in the first few minutes with the risk of having to skip the race tomorrow, not in the best physical shape of the recent fracture of the tibia and fibula of his right leg in Barcelona remedied.

Moto2 World Championship 2011
Brno Qualifying Standings

01 – Marc Marquez – Team Repsol CatalunyaCaixa – Suter MMXI – 2’02 .493
02 – Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 0211
03 – Alex De Angelis – JiR Moto2 – Motobi – 0232 +
04 – Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock Moto2 – Suter MMXI – + 0355
05 – Andrea Iannone – Speed ​​Master Team – Suter MMXI – 0450 +
06 – Aleix Espargaro – 40 HP Pons – Pons KALEX – 0968 +
07 – Simone Corsi – IODA Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – 1004 +
08 – Mattia Pasini – IODA Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – 1030 +
09 – Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 1052
10 – Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – 1113 +
11 – Jules Cluzel – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – 1134 +
12 – Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – 1169 +
13 – Kenan Sofuoglu – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – 1209 +
14 – Pol Espargaro – HP Tuenti Speed ​​Up – Speed ​​Up S-11 – 1222 +
15 – Max Neukirchner – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M211 – 1256 +
16 – Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – 1351 +
17 – Yuki Takahashi – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1356
18 – Tito Rabat – Blusens STX – Motorcycles FTR M211 – 1405 +
19 – Valentin Debise – Speed ​​Up – Speed ​​Up S-11 – + 1512
20 – Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – 1532 +
21 – Ratthapark Wilairot – Singha Thai Honda SAG – FTR Moto M211 – 1589 +
22 – Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – 1660 +
23 – Jordi Torres – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 1685
24 – Mike Di Meglio – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 1827
25 – Robertino Pietri – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – 1858 +
26 – Ricard Cardus – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – 1995 +
27 – Axel Pons – Pons HP 40 – KALEX Pons – 2081 +
28 – Carmelo Morales – The Desguaces Tower G22 – Suter MMXI – 2093 +
29 – Yonny Hernandez – Blusens STX – Motorcycles FTR M211 – 2130 +
30 – Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 2330
31 – Alex Baldolini – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 2422
32 – Kenny Noyes – Avintia STX – Motorcycles FTR M211 – 2464 +
33 – Xavier Simeon – Team Sports RTL – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 2727
34 – Anthony West – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M210 – 3220 +
35 – Steven Odendaal – MS Racing – Suter MMX – 3498 +
36 – Santiago Hernandez – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – 3856 +
37 – Al Naimi Mashel – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – 5012 +
38 – Tommaso Lorenzetti – Aeroport de Castello – FTR Moto M211 – 5764 +

In calculating the maximum speed is the penultimate Jorge Lorenzo: 318 hours in the company of Smith and Spies, well 8 km / h in less than Dani Pedrosa. A difference to the leaders of the world important but not decisive enough to be able to detach the second in the qualifying official in Aragon Motorland improving, and much, compared to yesterday.

“I’m glad to be able to better than yesterday, “says Lorenzo. “I changed a little my driving style to adapt better to the circuit, lap after lap I managed to improve and I was faster. Unfortunately we lose too straight, so we must be at ease in other areas to try to get a good lap time. For maximum speed we can no longer do anything, but fortunately we know how to make the bike better in the remaining parts of the circuit.

Lorenzo the goal for the race tomorrow will not change: the search for the 13th consecutive podium finish this season for valuable points in the championship.

“For us, tomorrow it can be an exciting race because there are so many fans. It will be a great fight, but I will do my best to get on the podium, “stated that it was the leader of the world today wore a helmet” Tomizawa replication.

He wanted the front row but the fourth time in qualifying Alcaniz is not a result to be discarded for the race tomorrow to Nicky Hayden. Quick all weekend with his Ducati Desmosedici, Ducati rider feels confident and ready to achieve a positive result for the whole team.

“Overall I can say that was a good day, “says Hayden. “We had two dry practice sessions where we managed to improve the bike. Points to the first row, but we are still far away, we must be satisfied because the team is working very well so that me and Casey are in the first four. ”

Before thinking about the race the 2006 World Champion has shown a little background on preparing for this Grand Prix of Aragon.

“With the simulator we have in Ducati reference was provided lap of 1’49″ and a pole was 1’48 “9: unbelievable, it means that the company is working very well by each of the tasks to perfection! Tomorrow I hope to repay them with a good result we want at this time. “

As in Indianapolis also Motorland Aragon Valentino Rossi will start from third row with the seventh time. A tough day for the champion of Tavullia, but could be disastrous morning pondering the evidence where it has gone beyond the eleventh time in more than 1 “4 from the top …

“This morning was a disaster!”says Rossi. “In the afternoon we went a little better, but we are still not fast enough. In my last round with the soft tires I made a mistake and I lost about half a second, otherwise I think I could get the fourth time. We must start from the third row for which the start will be very important: I will not make mistakes, gain positions immediately and try to keep pace since the first street.

Good start and the first goal for the race tomorrow, the Warm Up early in the morning where it will try to set the most of his Yamaha YZR M1 with some modifications necessary to reduce the gap from the first.

“We already have some ideas, we will test tomorrow in warm-up trying to improve our race pace. I expect a tough and long race, but we will do our best, “concluded the nine times World Champion.

It was not the best qualifying session of the year for Jorge Lorenzo, suffered a last lap crash available while attempting to conquer the pole position. Fortunately, the fall has not resulted in no effect on the physical level, and now need to analyze the state of his YZR-M1, to see if it is used in the race tomorrow or if we need to use the second bike.

“Porfuera” he jokes and says that you can not always be at the top, a position familiar to the Fiat Yamaha rider, in these times. In any case, the # 99 will start tomorrow from the front row behind compatriot Dani Pedrosa (author of the pole) and what will be, almost certainly, his teammate from next season, or the American Ben Spies.

“This was not the best session of the year for us”, admits Jorge Lorenzo. “We made some changes that did not work, and was mainly a problem at the front, which closed a lot. I was not fast and I had to take many risks. Then I made a mistake and the bike took off!

I hope that the engine is okay for today, fortunately I did not hurt and managed to get up right now. We are still in the first row, we can not always be top! I think tomorrow will be a tough race but we will be able to improve the setting and see what happens. “

For a long time it looked like it, as if Fernando Alonso at Hockenheim a bit faster than Sebastian Vettel, but at the crucial qualification was the German finally in the lead – albeit with a possible margin of only 0.002 seconds ahead.

“I think we have to be happy. We are now for the first time this season in the first row, which for us is definitely a step forward ‘ , the Ferrari driver, who can start the last time at the Hungarian Grand Prix last year from the first row.

“We were competitive all weekend, I have very great confidence in the car. I was the first, second and third qualifying round with the car very happy. At last we’ve managed a perfect Saturday.”

“Of course we have the pole position quite narrowly missed, but the points are not there tomorrow, Saturday. We must therefore focus on the following day. Following is a good day today, the aim is also a good day tomorrow to have. We will try to get some points tomorrow. ”

He had “not quite expect,” to be tuned as close to Red Bull: “We always expect that Red Bull in the third qualifying round is a bit more. We have already seen that it is in free practice approaching a very short, but third qualifying round, they are then far away. We were surprised that we were so close and could ultimately fight after ten races at one pole position. It took a little longer, but now we are very close. ”

And team-mate Felipe Massa was satisfied with his third place: “That was one of us a good performance. There was a very tough qualifying. In the third qualifying round, I could not get all the sectors together. I’m happy that I was back in third Qualifying round-am, and I now focus more on the race tomorrow. I hope we do well, and for the team and myself can get many points. “

In the last race for Mark Webber Sebastian Vettel has always been a formidable adversary, but in qualifying for the Grand Prix of Germany Sebastian Vettel kept at least the third qualifying round, the upper hand. In the end, Webber huge backlog 0.556 seconds – too much for a smooth Zeitenfahren.

“I am in receipt of the first corner came a little too far in addition to the racing line,” the Red Bull driver said in an interview with the ‘BBC’. “I was simply not return to the racing line. That was my mistake, and that was not good enough.”

“I lost one position in the final laps. Before that I was third, then I lost one position to Felipe Massa. That was a pity. This was not the best qualifying, so I hope now to the race tomorrow.”

About the narrow margin of his teammates on Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, just two thousandths of a second, says the Silverstone winner not surprised: “I knew it would be just on the short round. It would have been nice to get involved, but Seb a good job and took pole. It’s still a great day for the team. “