Vettel confident after taking pole
Sebastian Vettel says Red Bull's confidence ahead of the race for the Japanese Grand Prix is justified following a dominant performance for the team in the delayed qualifying session at Suzuka
The German out-qualified his team-mate Mark Webber by less than a tenth, as the pair lapped more than 0.3s faster than Lewis Hamilton, to secure the first all Red Bull front row since Hungary.
"It is good to change the colours again on the pole {after Ferrari]," he said. "The last two races were not so good for us but we could improve the performance of the car.
"We came here with quite some confidence. This track is quite made for us -especially the first sector and not too many straights, so after all the conditions yesterday good that the sun came out."
Vettel added that the strong form Red Bull showed during practice on Friday only added to his confidence ahead of the race later today.
"It is a new situation for us, both qualifying and the race today, tough day - had a good sleep today and hoping for the best result like last year, the car is fantastic around here," he said. "Running on Friday was useful, quite a good long run so confident of good race, start should be good."
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