Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel edged Formula One overall leader Jenson Button of Brawn GP by just over one-tenth of a second on Saturday in Istanbul to earn his third career pole.
Button fills the front row ahead of teammate Rubens Barrichello, who will line up alongside Red Bull’s Mark Webber. The Associated Press
Australian Mark Webber was fourth for Red Bull, Italian Jarno Trulli took fifth for Toyota ahead of Finn Kimi Raikkonen and his Ferrari team-mate Brazilian Felipe Massa.
Two times world champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Renault was eighth, German Nico Rosberg of Williams ninth and Pole Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber 10th.
After a slow start to the top-ten shootout, Trulli clocked a decent time before being eclipsed by Vettel, revelling in his form on one of his favourite tracks, took over at the top with just three and a half minutes remaining.
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This ensured a dramatic finale in which the top teams and drivers would contest the scrap for pole with Button, notably, bidding to complete a hat-trick of poles. AFP
POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 01:28.3 2 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 01:28.4 3 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 01:28.6 4 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 01:28.6 5 Jarno Trulli Toyota 01:28.7 6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:28.8 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:28.9 8 Fernando Alonso Renault 01:29.1 9 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 01:29.2 10 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 01:29.4 11 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 01:27.5 12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 01:27.6 13 Timo Glock Toyota 01:27.8 14 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 01:28.2 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:28.4 16 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:28.3 17 Nelson Piquet Renault 01:28.6 18 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:28.7 19 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 01:28.7 20 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:28.9
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