Sebastian Vettel snatches pole at Suzuka

Sebastian Vettel clinches 12th pole of the season

Sebastian Vettel clinched the pole position of the Japanese grand prix at the Suzuka and moved one step closer to claiming his second drivers’ title. McLaren’s Jenson button will start on the front row following a lead of 0.009s by Vettel. Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa filled the second row. This is 12^th pole position of the season for Vettel.

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso will start 5^th on the grid ahead of Red Bull’s Mark Webber. Renault’s Bruno Senna out-paced Vitaly Petrov and will start in fourth row on the grid with Michael Schumacher in 7^th place. Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi who set the fastest time in Q1 managed to out-qualify two Force India cars in Q2. The only Japanes on 2011 grid will start from 10 place.

Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta will start the race in 11 th and 12^th on the grid followed by two Williams’ of Barrichello and Maldonado. Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari of the Toro Rosso will join the grid behind Williams.

1	Sebastian Vettel	1:30.466
2	Jenson Button	1:30.475
3	Lewis Hamilton	1:30.617
4	Felipe Massa	1:30.804
5	Fernando Alonso	1:30.886
6	Mark Webber	1:31.156
7	Michael Schumacher	1:32.116
8	Bruno Senna	1:32.297
9	Vitaly Petrov	1:32.245
10	Kamui Kobayashi	1:32.380
11	Adrian Sutil	1:32.463
12	Paul di Resta	1:32.746
13	Rubens Barrichello	1:33.079
14	Pastor Maldonado	1:33.224
15	Sebastien Buemi	1:33.227
16	Jaime Alguersuari	1:33.427
17	Sergio Perez	1:34.704
18	Heikki Kovalainen	1:35.454
19	Jarno Trulli	1:35.514
20	Jerome d’Ambrosio	1:36.439
21	Timo Glock	1:36.507
22	Daniel Ricciardo	1:37.846
	Nico Rosberg	No time
	Vitantonio Liuzzi	No time