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Vettel ties pole record

DOUBLE Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel dug deep to seize pole position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday and equal Nigel Mansell's 1992 record of 14 in a single season.

The 24-year-old German, who has already clinched his second title with Red Bull, saved his best for last after McLaren's Lewis Hamilton had been fastest in the first two phases of qualifying as well as final practice.

Hamilton will start the season's penultimate race alongside on the front row, with teammate and fellow Briton Jenson Button third.

Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber lines up fourth.

"I think it's going to be a long, fun race," said Vettel, who has won both the races held to date at the Yas Marina circuit, where last year he won from pole to become Formula One's youngest champion.

Ferrari's double champion Fernando Alonso and Brazilian teammate Felipe Massa shared the third row. The next rows also followed in pairs, with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher seventh and eighth and ahead of Force India's Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta in ninth and 10th.



 

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