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Summary Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday, putting himself in the perfect place to claim the Formula One championship in Sundays race.Vettel extended Red Bulls perfect streak of poles to all 15 races this season, setting a lap of 1 minute, 30.466 seconds at the Suzuka circuit, edging McLarens Jenson Button by just nine-thousandths of a second. Buttons McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton was third fastest despite a mistake which meant he did not set a time in his final run.It was a great qualifying for us, Vettel said. I went off the track yesterday and damaged the wing and that affected us but we were able to get everything out of the car today.Vettel ran off the track at the end of the first practice session on Friday, damaging the front of his car slightly. He later called the incident a wake-up call.Vettel needs only one point in Sundays race or Button to fail to win to become the sports youngest two-title winner.It was the 12th pole of the season for the 24-year-old German who has won the last two races here from pole.
