Nico Hülkenberg qualified in a strong seventh position for the Renault F1 team, the second time in two consecutive Grand Prix where the only cars in front were the Mercedes, Ferrari's and Red Bulls.
The young German put in some excellent laps all the way through the qualifying sessions, not only to be ahead of both the Williams, but also, his P7 grid slot is on the cleaner side of the track so it should enable him to get a good start in Sunday's race.
Nico was very happy with his performance under the hot conditions and actually likened it to his pole position in Brazil 7 years ago.
“That was one of my best qualifying laps together with my pole in Brazil 2010. It's quite a tricky track to get a perfect lap here, but I think I extracted the maximum possible today,” he said. “The team has done a great job all through the weekend so I'm very proud and happy right now. Looking to the race, I'm a bit cautious with predictions as we had a great qualifying last time out, then the circumstances of the race undid our good work. We just need to get some good Easter egg points tomorrow.”
