Russian Formula One driver Vitaly Petrov qualified ahead of his Caterham teammate Heikki Kovalainen for the first time this season in Spain on Saturday.
Petrov will start 19th for Sunday’s race at the Circuit de Catalunya after setting a time of 1 minute 25.277 seconds, 0.230 seconds faster than Kovalainen, although not enough to reach the second session of qualifying.
The Russian set the time with his last lap of the windy first session, just seconds after his Finnish teammate beat his earlier mark to put Petrov’s 19th place under threat.
The Russian-owned Marussia team’s cars will start 21st and 22nd, ahead of only the HRT cars, with Frenchman Charles pic leading his more experienced teammate Timo Glock.
Williams’ Bruno Senna joins the Caterham, Marussia and HRT cars in the first knockout group after qualifying 18th following a spin as he tried to break into the second session.
