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Webber on pole in Korea

mark Webber has declared a surprise pole setting for the Korean Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel had looked specific for pole thanks to a dominant performance in final practice, while Webber spent most of the session in his garage with an engine software application problem.
But when it mattered, the Australian driver pulled off a stunning final flyer, which enabled him to snatch pole from his teammate by just 0.074 seconds, for the second Red Bull front row lock-out in as many weeks.
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Webber said: “Most qualifying sessions have been extremely tight as well as I’m extremely happy to get the task done today. It was a reasonable lap as well as we did it when it counted. Tomorrow is the primary day as well as I’m in a great setting to get a great result.”
Lewis Hamilton was third fastest, ahead of championship leader Fernando Alonso as well as Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen in fourth as well as fifth respectively.
Felipe Massa will begin from sixth place, ahead of Romain Grosjean as well as Nico Hulkenberg. Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg as well as Michael Schumacher total the top 10.
Jenson button will begin from 11th on the grid. The McLaren driver failed to make it into the final qualifying session after making a error on his very first run of Q2. He locked his front wheel as well as failed to enhance on his time when the yellow flags were brought out for Daniel Ricciardo.