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Red Bull's Webber claims pole in Spain

Updated on: 22 May,2011 07:22 AM IST  | 
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Mark Webber claimed his first pole position of the season on Saturday during qualifying for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix

Red Bull's Webber claims pole in Spain

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Mark Webber claimed his first pole position of the season on Saturday during qualifying for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. The 34-year-old Australian clocked a time of one minute 20.981 edging out his Red Bull team-mate and defending drivers champion German Sebastian Vettel by 0.2 seconds.

Briton Lewis Hamilton was third fastest despite being almost a second off Webber's time. Spaniard Fernando Alondo of Ferrari split the two McLarens pipping Briton Jenson Button to fourth place in his final lap of the session.

German Nico Rosberg of Mercedes was sixth fastest followed by Brazilian Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari.
Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado managed eighth for Williams while seven times champion Michael Schumacher was ninth fastest in the second Mercedes, having been fastest in the first qualifying session. Russian Vitaly Petrov of Renault was tenth fastest.




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