Reigning Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel has claimed pole position for the 2013 Korean Grand Prix. 

Sebastian Vettel takes his sixth pole for the season. Photo: Getty Images/The Daily Telegraph

Sebastian Vettel has taken his sixth consecutive pole position for the 2013 Formula 1 Championship, setting a great first lap in Q3 with a time of 1:37.202.

 

The German was quick throughout all the qualifying sessions, feeling threatened by the Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who was quickest in practice yesterday, qualifying second.

 

Australian Redbull racer Mark Webber qualified in third, but will unfortunately will take a 10-spot penalty for tomorrow’s race due to an incident from the Singapore Grand Prix.

 

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean took fourth spot on the grid, while his teammate Kimi Raikkonen qualified tenth.

 

Next in line on the grid are the Ferrari team, with Fernando Alonso qualifying sixth and Felipe Massa starting from seventh. 

 

The Sauber-Ferrari had a strong run in qualifying, with Nico Hulkenberg taking eighth and Esteban Gutierrez placing ninth.

 

Australian Daniel Ricciardo just missed out on the top ten, starting from 13th for tomorrow’s race.

 

Despite no one having ever won the Korean Grand Prix from pole before, Vettel is confident he can back up his win from last year and extend his championship lead.

 

Full qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:38.683	1:37.569	1:37.202
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.574	1:37.824	1:37.420
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:39.138	1:37.840	1:37.464
4	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:39.065	1:38.076	1:37.531
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.418	1:38.031	1:37.679
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.520	1:37.978	1:38.038
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.884	1:38.295	1:38.223
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.427	1:37.913	1:38.237
9	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.725	1:38.327	1:38.405
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:38.341	1:38.181	1:38.822
11	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:39.049	1:38.362
12	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:38.882	1:38.365
13	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:38.525	1:38.417
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.988	1:38.431
15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:39.185	1:38.718
16	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:39.075	1:38.781
17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:39.470
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:39.987
19	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:40.864
20	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:40.871
21	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:41.169

 

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