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Summary Sebastian Vettel raced to his 13th pole position of the year at the Indian Grand Prix.
World champion Sebastian Vettel raced to his 13th pole position of the year at the Indian Grand Prix Saturday as he bids to equal Michael Schumachers record for most wins in a season.The young German, who reclaimed his title this month in Japan, heads an all-Red Bull front row at Indias first Formula One race after Lewis Hamilton, who qualified second, was put back three places for an earlier infringement.Vettel is now just one off Nigel Mansells 1994 record of 14 poles in one year, and he can match Schumachers achievement of winning 13 races in 2004 if he is victorious in all three remaining races.At the end my lap wasnt 100 percent but you always get out of the car thinking (that), said Vettel, 24. Its good to start the race from the front on Sunday. I think its going to be an interesting race.Ferraris Fernando Alonso will start in third place at Buddh International Circuit on Sunday with Jenson Button, vying to hang on to second place in the standings, fourth.Buttons McLaren partner Lewis Hamilton will begin his challenge from fifth after being penalised three grid places for ignoring warning flags during free practice on Friday.And Ferraris Felipe Massa will start sixth despite a dramatic crash in the dying seconds when his front wheel was knocked askew by a kerb and he ploughed nose-first into the barriers. The Brazilian was not hurt in the incident.Vettel led the drivers into the 10-minute final session and he was never headed as he clocked 1min 24.178sec to take the honours on the dust-strewn course near New Delhi.But seven-time champion Schumacher failed to reach the top-10 shoot-out after barely squeaking into the second qualifying segment in a disappointing outing.Indias Narain Karthikeyan was penalised five places for impeding the German in the first qualifying segment, and will start from the back of the grid.
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