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2010 Korean Grand Prix Qualifying
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Qualifying for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix ends with Red Bull once again leading the pack. It is clear that Webber will have to beat Vettel at some point over the next three races to secure the championship, but he has lost the qualifying battle and will start on the dirty side of the track tomorrow.
With Hamilton also starting from the dirty side of the circuit, Fernando Alonso can see the potential of profit at low cost, as he hopes to follow Vettel into a good position at the start.
The McLaren drivers have it all to do and Jenson Button said after qualifying that he could not get any temperature into his tyres on either of his two runs in the shootout.
So it's all to play for as we go into an interesting evening, with the potential for rain between now and tomorrow's race. Join us for all the action from Yeongam at 04:30 GMT tomorrow.
With Hamilton also starting from the dirty side of the circuit, Fernando Alonso can see the potential of profit at low cost, as he hopes to follow Vettel into a good position at the start.
The McLaren drivers have it all to do and Jenson Button said after qualifying that he could not get any temperature into his tyres on either of his two runs in the shootout.
So it's all to play for as we go into an interesting evening, with the potential for rain between now and tomorrow's race. Join us for all the action from Yeongam at 04:30 GMT tomorrow.
But Jenson Button has a lot of work to do from seventh position. He will have to negotiate his way past Massa and Rosberg before he can get onto the tail of the championship contenders.
The top four on the grid are covered by less than half-a-second and we are set for a mighty battle between them.
Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello could have a fiery opening to the race tomorrow after an alleged blocking incident during the session. They will start tomorrow's race from ninth and 10th.
Robert Kubica set the pace in final practice this morning but in qualifying he is only eighth on the grid.
Hamilton grabbed fourth on the grid with Rosberg fifth, Massa sixth and Button down in seventh position.
Fernando Alonso was shot out of pole position in the dying moments by the Red Bull duo and he will start in third position tomorrow.
Mark Webber produced a great late lap to go second with a time of 1m35.659s and it's another Red Bull front row.
Vettel crosses the line and blasts into pole position with a lap time of 1m35.585s and he takes pole for tomorrow's Korean Grand Prix!
It is the Red Bull duo versus Fernando Alonso for pole. Vettel is very close to Alonso's time after two sectors ...
Kubica stays seventh as the Renault again fades when it matters.
Hamilton stays fourth with a 1m36.062s.
Alonso clocks a 1m35.766s. Can he hold on to pole?
Webber continues to hammer round and he crosses the line ... he moves up into second position with a time of 1m35.973s.
9 min: The flag is out but the laps continue ...
9 min: Alonso is slightly off his earlier best in the first sector.
9 min: Webber now moves into the part of the track that will suit his Red Bull RB6, but he is 0.292 seconds down on Alonso after the first sector.
9 min: Massa's first sector is poor on his next lap and he is unlikely to improve further.
8 min: Webber starts the lap that he hopes will put him on pole position this afternoon, but he has a lot of work to do from sixth.
8 min: While Schumacher and Rosberg begin their timed laps, Webber is also out on the circuit again with another set of soft tyres.
7 min: Massa is well off his team-mate's sensational first sector time and he goes fourth quickest.
7 min: Mercedes drivers Schumacher and Rosberg have chosen to complete just one run this afternoon. They join the racetrack now.
7 min: The cars are starting to head out again on fresh tyres.
6 min: So after the first round of laps it's Alonso heading the order with Vettel second, Hamilton third, Kubica fourth, Webber fifth and Button in sixth.
6 min: Hamilton has had a moment of oversteer heading back into the pits and has bounced over the grass.
5 min: Button is only sixth after a dusty mistake on his flying lap.
5 min: Vettel pulls out a rapid final sector as he go second to Alonso,with a time of 1m36.000s.
5 min: Massa is finally heading out on his sole set of fresh tyres.
4 min: Kubica grabs third in 1m36.824s.
4 min: Barrichello slots into an early sixth position with a time of 1m38.148s.
4 min: Alonso is quicker still with a very handy 1m35.927s.
3 min: Hamilton beats Webber with his 1m36.167s.
3 min: Webber sets the ball rolling with 1m36.917s.
3 min: Webber's first sector time is slow at 53.0 seconds- we think after a slight error at Turn 1.
3 min: Alonso sets a very rapid first sector at 51.973s.
2 min: Webber hits the apex of Turn 3 nicely and he barrels down the next straight towards the twisty part of the course.
2 min: Mark Webber flashes across the line and he is the first man to begin a timed lap in the shootout.
1 min: Massa, a set of tyres down on his rivals, is waiting in the Ferrari garage.
1 min: Vettel is also on soft tyres and he rolls out of the garage some time after the early group of runners.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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