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Red Bull led the way in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix as expected on Sunday, when Sebastian Vettel pipped Mark Webber to pole position at Suzuka.
The session, which had been cancelled on Saturday after heavy rain flooded the track, was dominated by Vettel, who set the fastest time in all three segments.
Session three saw the German produce a lap of one minute 30.785 seconds on his second attempt to edge his team-mate by just under a tenth of a second.
The pole was Vettel’s eighth of the season and came after he had set the fastest time in Friday practice. The 23-year-old also won at Suzuka last year.
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McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton set the third fastest time but dropped to eighth on the grid owing to a five-place grid penalty he picked up on Saturday following a gearbox change. SkySports
Renault’s Robert Kubica will start from third, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso fourth. Jenson Button, on hard tyres, will start from fifth on the grid.
Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and Rubens Barrichello of Williams make up the fourth row, with Barricello’s team-mate Nico Hulkenberg and Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher rounding out the top 10.
“It’s a good start to what is going to be a tough day, but the car is very strong here and I’m starting from the clean side,” said Vettel.
“The car feels fantastic around here, especially in sector one. I think we’ll have a nice race this afternoon.” BBC Sport
Nick Heidfeld, who tucked up local hero Kamui Kobayashi. The German lapped in 1m 32.187s for 11th, ahead of the Brazilian on 1m 32.321s, Renault’s Vitaly Petrov on 1m 32.422s and then Kobayashi on 1m 32.427s.
Adrian Sutil was 15th in his Force €ndia on 1m 32.659s, ahead of Jaime Alguersuari’s Toro Rosso on 1m 33.071s and Vitantonio Liuzzi’s Force €ndia on 1m 33.154s.
Sebastien Buemi’s Toro Rosso was the first car to fail to make it through Q1, which began with sufficient damp patches to warrant initial runs on intermediate Bridgestones before slicks became the order of the day.
As Vettel set the pace with 1m 32.035s from Hulkenberg on 1m 32.211s and Rosberg on 1m 32.238s, the Swiss lapped in 1m 33.568s, then came the Lotuses of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen on 1m 35.346s and 1m 35.464s and the Virgins of Lucas di Grassi and Timo Glock on 1m 36.265s and 1m 36.332s. At the back, Bruno Senna lapped his HRT in 1m 37.270s to head team mate Sakon Yamamoto on 1m 37.365s. Formula1
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