Mark Webber made it three pole positions in a row after leading qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix, while Briton Lewis Hamilton is also on the front row.
Webber, who leads the World Championship with Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel, produced a calm late lap of a minute 26.295 seconds to pip McLaren’s Hamilton to top spot.
The 2008 world champion had snatched P1 with six minutes left of the 10-minute Q3 shootout - and when the leading contenders emerged from the garages on soft tyres with moments left it was all to play for.
Webber took top spot but Hamilton looked to have a chance as he set the fastest time in the first sector - only for Webber to further improve his benchmark. Yahoo! Eurosport
Veteran champion Michael Schumacher showed glimpses of his old form by out-qualifying his young Mercedes offsider Nico Rosberg.
In seventh was Renault’s Robert Kubica followed by Ferrari’s Felipe Massa.
It was a less happy qualifying session for Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso after the Spaniard missed out on the third session. He will start from 12th. The Age
POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 01:26.3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:26.4 3 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 01:26.8 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:26.8 5 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 01:26.9 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 01:27.0 7 Robert Kubica Renault 01:27.0 8 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:27.1 9 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:27.4 10 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:28.1 Q2 11 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:27.5 12 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:27.6 13 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:27.9 14 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:28.3 15 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:28.4 16 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:28.5 17 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 01:28.8 Q1 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 01:29.0 19 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 01:30.2 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 01:30.5 21 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:30.7 22 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 01:31.3 23 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 01:32.0 24 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 01:32.1
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