Rubens Barrichello hailed a series of last minute setup changes by his Williams squad at Suzuka this afternoon, with the Brazilian having been struggling with the handling of his car throughout practice. The 39-year-old ultimately qualified in 13th place, one spot ahead of team-mate Pastor Maldonado.
"First of all I want to thank the team for working so hard on making the changes I wanted," Barrichello commented. "The car wasn’t behaving well in practice this morning so we changed almost everything on it before qualifying.
"Everyone did a great job turning it around in time. The changes really transformed the car and we pulled off a strong lap this afternoon."
"Quite a difficult qualifying for me, primarily because we lost a lot of track time during yesterday’s practice," added Maldonado. "We made a few changes after this morning’s session and we managed to get a good lap out of the car in qualifying.
"I don’t have the balance I’d like, but we have time go through everything and do some more work ahead of the race."
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:30.466 | 14 |
| 2. | J. Button | McLaren | 01:30.475 | 14 |
| 3. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:30.617 | 14 |
| 4. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:30.804 | 15 |
| 5. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:30.886 | 13 |
| 6. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:31.156 | 14 |
| 7. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | no time | 10 |
| 8. | B. Senna | Lotus Renault | no time | 12 |
| 9. | V. Petrov | Lotus Renault | no time | 17 |
| 10. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | no time | 15 |
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