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Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position for the seventh time in eight races in European Grand Prix qualifying in Valencia.
The German leads an all-Red Bull front row ahead of team-mate Mark Webber, who was only fifth after the first Q3 runs, but was the only man to improve at the second attempt and duly jumped to second.
Lewis Hamilton completes the top three in the best McLaren, ahead of the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. Montreal winner Jenson Button (McLaren) will start sixth.
The Mercedes chose to only make one Q3 run and filled row four, with Nico Rosberg a scant 0.009 seconds ahead of team-mate Michael Schumacher.
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Fifth row men Nick Heidfeld (Renault) and Adrian Sutil (Force India) both made the Q3 cut but did not set times - Sutil sitting the session out, and Heidfeld going out briefly at the end before aborting his run. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
In the closing stages Sutil dropped Vitaly Petrov down to 11th by a mere 0.034secs, with the Russian lining up in 11th ahead of Paul di Resta who finished 0.388secs behind his Force India team-mate.
Williams’ Rubens Barrichello starts 13th, Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi 14th ahead of Maldonado, with the second Sauber of Sergio Perez occupying 16th on the grid, and Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi 17th.
For 21-year-old Mexican rookie Perez, he at least completed his first qualifying session since the Spanish Grand Prix.
As for Alguersuari, it is the third successive race he has failed to make Q2, with the 21-year-old starting 18th on home soil.
Behind him will be the Lotus duo of Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli, followed by Virgin’s Timo Glock and Vitantonio Liuzzi in his Hispania in 21st and 22nd. SkySports
Pos No Driver Team 1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 2 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 3 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 4 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 6 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 8 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 9 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 10 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 11 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 12 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 13 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 14 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 15 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 16 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 17 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 18 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 20 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 22 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 23 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 24 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth
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