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Korean GP qualifying quotes: Red Bull

Sebastian Vettel - 1st: "It was close today. I had a very good lap in Q3 on my first attempt and thought I would find it hard to do better. On my second attempt I caught Kimi on the warm up lap and didn't have time to drop back, but fortunately the first lap was good enough. Mercedes were strong and seem to be comfortable in the middle sector. We're good in Sector one this year which a surprise as that's mostly straights. We improved the car from yesterday as I wasn't entirely happy with it after the second practice. In terms of conditions, we should be okay if it's dry or wet tomorrow; it's not clear if we get some rain from the typhoon, but let's see what happens."

Mark Webber - 3rd: "We had to take a bit of pace out of the car for qualifying, not much, but it was about how we would compromise between qualifying and the race tomorrow. I'm pretty happy, I could be two positions further up but that would mean, with the penalty, I would be 11th rather than 13th. It was a pretty tight qualifying with the two Mercedes, Seb and myself. Tomorrow's race will be interesting, I will be out of position, but we'll fight and come back through. I think we improved the car in some areas from yesterday."

Christian Horner: "An exciting qualifying today and a great first run in Q3 for Sebastian, which proved to be the lap that achieved the pole position. It was a very strong performance from Mark and it's a shame that he now has to take a ten-place penalty, but we've set the car up with that in mind and hopefully he can make good progress tomorrow. Congratulations to Renault on achieving their 208th pole position, which matches the all-time record of Ferrari."

(Renault) Thierry Salvi: "The car has been working very well all weekend and in the end all it took was one great lap by Sebastian in the start of the session to secure his third consecutive pole. Mark pushed hard and this position limits the damage his ten-place penalty will inflict tomorrow. We know our rivals will try to reset the pole advantage in the race so we need to stay on top to get the maximum from the car, which is again the quickest package of the paddock. On another note the pole is a great feeling for Renault as it takes our tally of pole positions in F1 to 208, equaling Ferrari's record. We're very proud to have achieved this with Red Bull Racing."

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