Vettel Is Back On Top With His 13th Pole at Indian GP

Sebastian Vettel claimed his 13th pole position of the season in India as Felipe Massa ended qualifying with a crash

Vettel was in flying form at the Buddh International Circuit, posting a 1:24.178 to beat Lewis Hamilton by 0.296s.

Mark Webber was third ahead of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button. However, all three will move up one place on the grid due to Hamilton's three-place grid-slot penalty.

Massa finished in sixth place, although the Brazilian also finished in the barriers when he took too much kerb, broke his suspension and crashed out in the final seconds of qualifying.

Times

1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m24.178s
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.474s + 0.296
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m24.508s + 0.330
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m24.519s + 0.341
5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.950s + 0.772
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.122s + 0.944
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.451s + 1.273
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes
9. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari
10. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari
11. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m26.319s + 1.662
12. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m26.337s + 1.680
13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m26.503s + 1.846
14. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m26.537s + 1.880
15. Bruno Senna Renault 1m26.651s + 1.994
16. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m27.247s + 2.590
17. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m27.562s + 2.905
18. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m27.876s + 1.687
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m28.565s + 2.376
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m28.752s + 2.563
21. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m30.216s + 4.027
22. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m30.238s + 4.049
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m30.866s + 4.677
24. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m34.046s + 7.857

Source: Planet-F1