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Red Bull picked up their pole position string again in Valencia on Saturday afternoon, as Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber sewed up the front row for the European Grand Prix. Going into the final runs of Q3 it was the Australian who held the advantage, but Vettel put a superb lap together to snatch the premier starting slot away, stopping the clocks in 1m 37.587s. Webber improved, but 1m 37.662s wasn’t quite enough.

Third fastest, and higher than he expected to be, was championship points leader Lewis Hamilton after a brilliant first-run lap of 1m 37.969s for McLaren. A big slide in Turn 12 spoiled his final effort. He’ll have old sparring partner Fernando Alonso for company on row two, the Spaniard taking his Ferrari round in 1m 38.075s.