Vettel claims pole
Date published : 13 Mar 2010 - 12:47:40
Germany's Sebastian Vettel, last year's Formula One championship runner-up, has claimed pole position for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
Vettel, who finished the 2009 campaign by winning two of the final three races, grabbed the sixth pole of his 44-race career, leaving the returning Michael Schumacher down in seventh place.
The Red Bull Racing star put in a stunning hot lap in the closing 10-minute qualifying session at the Sakhir circuit to edge out Ferrari duo Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso into second and third, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton fourth.