Vettel on pole for British Grand Prix

German Sebastian Vettel was overjoyed on Saturday after he clocked the fastest time in front of his home fans in qualifying for Sunday's German Grand Prix.That completed a hat-trick of pole positions and gave the 23-year-old his sixth of the season, meaning Red Bull have now taken ten from eleven races this year.Vettel shouted, "Yeh baby!" after being given the news that he had won a close battle between himself Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.Alonso will start second on the grid ahead of his Ferrari team-mate Brazilian Felipe Massa.

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.

British duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button of McLaren looked back on "one of those days" when strategic and pit-stop errors marred their results in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.Hamilton and Button, world champions in 2008 and 2009 respectively, both felt they could have enjoyed more profitable afternoons after finishing fourth and sixth respectively at the Istanbul Park circuit.In-form champion German Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull ahead of his team-mate Australian Mark Webber with two-times champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso third for Ferrari.

Red Bull's Mark Webber took pole position with the quickest time in final qualifying for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes qualified second and Sebastian Vettel in the other Red Bull was third.But torrential rain took its toll, with Ferarri drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, along with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, failing to make it into the second qualifying session.Alonso will start 19th, Hamilton 20th, and Massa 21st with all three failing to get a quick lap in before the heavens opened.

Spaniard Fernando Alonso topped the times in Friday morning's opening practice for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.The 29-year-old Ferrari driver posted a time of one minute 00.797 during the first half of the session at a dark, dingy, and extremely wet Spa-Francorchamps circuit.McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was second quickest ahead of Pole Robert Kubica of Renault.German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull was fourth quickest ahead of Force India driver German Adrian Sutil and defending champion Jenson Button, sixth fastest in the second McLaren.

Germany's Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position on Saturday in final qualifying for Sunday's European Grand Prix.The Red Bull driver clocked 1min 37.587sec to finish ahead of Australian teammate Mark Webber (1:37.662) with Briton Lewis Hamilton third fastest in a McLaren-Mercedes (1:37.969).

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won the British Grand Prix here on Sunday, the Spaniard's first win since South Korea last year.The two-time former champion took the chequered flag at Silverstone clear of the Red Bulls of defending champion Sebastian Vettel and pole setter Mark Webber.McLaren's home favourite Lewis Hamilton held off Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa for fourth, the Briton having set off from 10th on the grid.

Germany's Sebastian Vettel won the European Grand Prix here on Sunday as Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber suffered a spectacular crash.Pole-sitter Vettel, 22, dominated the race to finish ahead of McLaren's British duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.Australian title contender Webber looked to have had a lucky escape after suffering a spectacular crash early in the race.The 33-year-old's Red Bull somersaulted and flipped over on lap ten of the 57-lap race after running into the back of Finn Heikki Kovalainen.