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Webber beats Vettel to snatch pole for Korean GP
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October 14, 2012, Sunday
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AUSTRALIAN Mark Webber seized pole position for the South Korean Formula One Grand Prix in Yeongam yesterday with title-chasing Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel having to settle for second place on the starting grid.
Ferrari's championship leader Fernando Alonso qualified fourth and will share the second row with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
Alonso leads double world champion Vettel by four points with five races, including today's, remaining this season. Webber is 60 points off the lead.
"The target was to start from the second or third row at least and we have. Now we focus on the race," said Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali.
The pole was Webber's first proper one of the season, although he also started from the top slot in Monaco after Mercedes' Michael Schumacher was demoted five places, and it was a surprise after Vettel had dominated practice.
"We have a pretty handy car around here, for sure," said Webber after Red Bull's second front-row lockout in two races. "The guys have been working very hard and the hard work is paying off."
Vettel had been comfortably fastest in both the first two parts of qualifying but missed out right at the end when he was surprised to find Ferrari's Felipe Massa still on the track ahead of him.
"I don't want to blame it on Felipe," said Vettel, who will still be favorite to win at a circuit where the driver on pole has yet to win in the two years of the race's existence, of his last run.
Earlier, Hamilton had to take avoiding action in the pitlane when his future Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was released into his path after he had left the garage in the final phase. McLaren teammate Jenson Button will start 11th. Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, third overall in the championship, qualified fifth for Lotus with Massa alongside him.
Ferrari's championship leader Fernando Alonso qualified fourth and will share the second row with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
Alonso leads double world champion Vettel by four points with five races, including today's, remaining this season. Webber is 60 points off the lead.
"The target was to start from the second or third row at least and we have. Now we focus on the race," said Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali.
The pole was Webber's first proper one of the season, although he also started from the top slot in Monaco after Mercedes' Michael Schumacher was demoted five places, and it was a surprise after Vettel had dominated practice.
"We have a pretty handy car around here, for sure," said Webber after Red Bull's second front-row lockout in two races. "The guys have been working very hard and the hard work is paying off."
Vettel had been comfortably fastest in both the first two parts of qualifying but missed out right at the end when he was surprised to find Ferrari's Felipe Massa still on the track ahead of him.
"I don't want to blame it on Felipe," said Vettel, who will still be favorite to win at a circuit where the driver on pole has yet to win in the two years of the race's existence, of his last run.
Earlier, Hamilton had to take avoiding action in the pitlane when his future Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was released into his path after he had left the garage in the final phase. McLaren teammate Jenson Button will start 11th. Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, third overall in the championship, qualified fifth for Lotus with Massa alongside him.
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