Japanese GP: Vettel beats Webber for pole at Suzuka
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| Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel narrowly took pole position during qualifying at Suzuka on Sunday morning, beating team mate Mark Webber by less than a tenth of a second. The session had been postponed from Saturday because of heavy rain.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who will drop five places on the grid after a gearbox change, qualified in third, ahead of Renault's Robert Kubica and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
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Lineup
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Pos |
No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:32.035 | 1:31.184 | 1:30.785 |
| 2 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:32.476 | 1:31.241 | 1:30.853 |
| 3 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.809 | 1:31.523 | 1:31.169 |
| 4 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:32.808 | 1:32.042 | 1:31.231 |
| 5 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.555 | 1:31.819 | 1:31.352 |
| 6 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.636 | 1:31.763 | 1:31.378 |
| 7 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:32.238 | 1:31.886 | 1:31.494 |
| 8 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:32.361 | 1:31.874 | 1:31.535 |
| 9 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:32.211 | 1:31.926 | 1:31.559 |
| 10 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:32.513 | 1:32.073 | 1:31.846 |
| 11 | 22 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:33.011 | 1:32.187 | – |
| 12 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.721 | 1:32.321 | – |
| 13 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:32.849 | 1:32.422 | – |
| 14 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32.783 | 1:32.427 | – |
| 15 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.186 | 1:32.659 | – |
| 16 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:33.471 | 1:33.071 | – |
| 17 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.216 | 1:33.154 | – |
| 18 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:33.568 | – | – |
| 19 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:35.346 | – | – |
| 20 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:35.464 | – | – |
| 21 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:36.265 | – | – |
| 22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:36.332 | – | – |
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:37.270 | – | – |
| 24 | 20 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 1:37.365 | – | – |