Vettel on pole for German GP

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took pole position for his home German Grand Prix on Saturday.

The 23-year-old's sixth pole in 11 races, and Red Bull's 10th, denied Ferrari their first since 2008 by a wafer-thin margin.

Vettel was just 0.002 of a second quicker than Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who had been top of the timesheets in the first two parts of qualifying.

Brazilian Felipe Massa qualified third with Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber fourth.

McLaren's world champion Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, the overall leeder, will line up alongside each other on the third row.

Qualifying results:

1 Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull    1:13.791   
2 Fernando Alonso    Ferrari     1:13.793   
3 Felipe Massa    Ferrari         1:14.290   
4 Mark Webber   Red Bull         1:14.347   
5 Jenson Button    McLaren      1:14.427   
6 Lewis Hamilton    McLaren       1:14.566   
7 Robert Kubica    Renault         1:15.079   
8 Rubens Barrichello    Williams       1:15.109   
9 Nico Rosberg    Mercedes GP         1:15.179   
10 Nico Hulkenberg    Williams      1:15.339   
11 Michael Schumacher    Mercedes GP           
12 Kamui Kobayashi    BMW Sauber          
13 Vitaly Petrov    Renault           
14 Adrian Sutil    Force India          
15 Pedro de la Rosa    BMW Sauber    
16 Jaime Alguersuari    Toro Rosso      
17 Sebastien Buemi    Toro Rosso        
18 Jarno Trulli    Lotus             
19 Heikki Kovalainen    Lotus           
20 Timo Glock    Virgin            
21 Bruno Senna    HRT           
22 Vitantonio Liuzzi    Force India        
23 Sakon Yamamoto    HRT           
24 Lucas di Grassi    Virgin

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