2010 Australian Grand Prix Qualifying

Fernando Alonso on Saturday shed no light on suggestions he might be
able to challenge the Red Bulls for victory at Albert Park.

As in Bahrain two weeks ago, the Ferrari driver has qualified third, but the
cars ahead of him on the Melbourne grid are both on-form Red Bulls led by
back-to-back pole sitter Sebastian Vettel.

Asked if Ferrari's race pace might give him the edge on Sunday evening, the
Spaniard answered: "No idea", but he did admit that beating the Renault powered
cars "was a difficult thing to do here".

Local hero Webber, 33, was visibly disappointed with second on the grid, as
he crassly likened the eight-hundredth gap to his young German teammate as a
"bee's d**k".

After his brush with the police on Friday night, Lewis Hamilton was half a
second slower than his McLaren teammate and missed the cut for the top ten.

His team boss Martin Whitmarsh told the BBC that the 'hoon' story had been
"blown out of proportion" by the media, admitting that Hamilton "will be
disappointed with his performance".

With a better showing than in Bahrain was Michael Schumacher, who despite still trailing his teammate Nico Rosberg said Melbourne has been "a little bit more fun" than his comeback event.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:24.774	1:24.096	1:23.919	19
2	6	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:25.286	1:24.276	1:24.035	20
3	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:25.082	1:24.335	1:24.111	22
4	1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.897	1:24.531	1:24.675	19
5	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:25.548	1:25.010	1:24.837	24
6	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes Benz GP Ltd	1:24.788	1:24.788	1:24.884	26
7	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes Benz GP Ltd	1:25.351	1:24.871	1:24.927	24
8	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:25.702	1:25.085	1:25.217	20
9	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:25.588	1:25.122	1:25.372	23
10	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:25.504	1:25.046	1:26.036	24
11	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.046	1:25.184		13
12	16	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:26.061	1:25.638		17
13	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.170	1:25.743		19
14	22	Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.089	1:25.747		15
15	10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:25.866	1:25.748		17
16	23	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.251	1:25.777		16
17	17	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	1:26.095	1:26.089		16
18	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:26.471			10
19	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1:28.797			9
20	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1:29.111			8
21	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:29.592			8
22	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1:30.185			8
23	21	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1:30.526			10
24	20	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1:30.613			10