Pole-position king Sebastian Vettel clinched his ninth top spot of the season to edge out Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber in qualifying for Sunday’s Korean Grand Prix.
For Vettel it is the most poles in a year since Michael Schumacher in 2001, with only six drivers in Formula One history claiming more - Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Mika Hakkinen, Jacques Villeneuve and Schumacher.
It was another dominant performance from Red Bull overall, with the team locking out the front row for the fourth time this season, and the eighth for Vettel and Webber as a pairing, with the duo split by just 0.074secs on this occasion. On the second row of the grid at the Korea International Circuit will be Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren.
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F1 Standings Ahead of Korean Grand Prix
Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg starts fifth ahead of Felipe Massa in his Ferrari, with Jenson Button suffering another damaging blow to his hopes of retaining his title as he will start seventh. The Press Association
Poland’s Robert Kubica, who topped morning practice for Renault, finished eighth, while Germany’s nine-time world champion Michael Schumacher of Mercedes and Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello (Williams) rounded out the top 10.
With races in Brazil and Abu Dhabi to follow the maiden Grand Prix in Korea, Webber leads the championship on 220 points, with Alonso and Vettel both on 206.
Sunday’s race will be held over 55 laps of the 5.621-km circuit. AFP
Pos No Driver Team 1 5 Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault 2 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 3 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 5 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 6 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 7 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 8 11 Robert Kubica Renault 9 3 Michael SchumacherMercedes GP 10 9 Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth 11 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 12 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 13 22 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-Ferrari 14 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 15 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 16 17 Jaime AlguersuariSTR-Ferrari 17 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 18 15 Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes 19 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 20 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 21 19 Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth 22 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 23 20 Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 24 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth
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