Sebastian Vettel stormed to his fourth pole position of the season during qualifying for Sunday’s European Grand Prix here on Saturday.
The 22-year-old Red Bull driver set a time of one minute 37.587 seconds as Australian teammate Mark Webber completed the one-two for the Milton Keynes-based team who have now collected eight pole positions in nine races.
Briton Lewis Hamilton will start in third position ahead of improved Ferrari drivers Spaniard Fernando Alonso and Brazilian Felipe Massa.
Pole Robert Kubica will start in sixth followed by Briton Jenson Button in the second McLaren.
Kubica was quickest in the 20-minute Q1 opening session which saw the three ‘new’ teams eliminated along with Japanese Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber. — AFP