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Hamilton ends pole run of Red Bull
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October 16, 2011, Sunday
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UNSMILING assassin Lewis Hamilton killed off Red Bull's run of 16 pole positions in a row with the fastest lap in qualifying for McLaren at the Korean Formula One Grand Prix in Yeongam yesterday.
The pole was the first for McLaren since Hamilton took the top slot in Canada in June last year, 27 races ago, and came in the team's 700th grand prix.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who became the sport's youngest double world champion in Japan last weekend at the age of 24, qualified second and 0.222 slower on a bright afternoon at the coastal circuit some 320 kilometers south of Seoul.
McLaren's Jenson Button was third and Australian Mark Webber fourth in the other Red Bull.
Hamilton's feat ended Red Bull's hopes of beating the record of 24 successive poles set by Williams in 1992-93 and also becoming the first team since Ferrari in 1952, when there were only seven grands prix, to take every pole in a season.
The 2008 world champion, who has yet to finish a season behind a teammate, lags Button by 32 points with four races left.
Vettel had been on pole for 12 of the previous 15 races and, despite the rare setback, can still beat Nigel Mansell's 1992 record of 14 in a single season.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who has clashed repeatedly with Hamilton on the track this year, qualified ahead of teammate Fernando Alonso in fifth places. Mercedes Nico Rosberg qualified seventh and Russian Vitaly Petrov joined him on the fourth row for Renault.
The pole was the first for McLaren since Hamilton took the top slot in Canada in June last year, 27 races ago, and came in the team's 700th grand prix.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who became the sport's youngest double world champion in Japan last weekend at the age of 24, qualified second and 0.222 slower on a bright afternoon at the coastal circuit some 320 kilometers south of Seoul.
McLaren's Jenson Button was third and Australian Mark Webber fourth in the other Red Bull.
Hamilton's feat ended Red Bull's hopes of beating the record of 24 successive poles set by Williams in 1992-93 and also becoming the first team since Ferrari in 1952, when there were only seven grands prix, to take every pole in a season.
The 2008 world champion, who has yet to finish a season behind a teammate, lags Button by 32 points with four races left.
Vettel had been on pole for 12 of the previous 15 races and, despite the rare setback, can still beat Nigel Mansell's 1992 record of 14 in a single season.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who has clashed repeatedly with Hamilton on the track this year, qualified ahead of teammate Fernando Alonso in fifth places. Mercedes Nico Rosberg qualified seventh and Russian Vitaly Petrov joined him on the fourth row for Renault.
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