the huge embarrassment of starting behind their engine customers, Daniel Ricciardo doing his shares no harm by powering the Toro Rosso to sixth spot on the grid while Sergio Perez was eighth fastest in the Sauber. Alonso did not bother to do a lap in Q3 and saved an extra set of soft
tyres for the race. His teammate Felipe Massa, who will start 14th, has been around half a second slower than Alonso all weekend.