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Vettel on Singapore pole
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Sebastian Vettel continued his imperious march towards a fourth consecutive Formula One world championship by storming to pole position — his fifth of the season — at the Singapore Grand Prix last night after dominating the two days of practice.
The Red Bull driver, who is 53 points ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with seven races remaining, clocked a fastest lap of 1 minute 42:841 seconds around the floodlit Marina Bay Street Circuit.
The German will be joined on the front row by compatriot Nico Rosberg for Mercedes, who was just 0.091 seconds back.
The second row for Formula One’s only night race will be occupied by Lotus’s Romain Grosjean of France and Vettel’s Australian teammate Mark Webber.
Lewis Hamilton will start fifth in the second Mercedes while Spain’s Alonso languished in seventh, outqualified by Brazilian teammate Felipe Massa.
The top 10 was completed by McLaren’s Jenson Button, Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo of Australia and Sauber’s Mexican rookie Esteban Gutierrez, who reached the third round of qualifying for the first time in his career.
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