Red Bull get tyre strategy right,Vettel takes pole

Red Bulls Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel made the most of a well-timed change of tyres in a rainy qualifying session to seize pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday. Vettel will be joined on the front row for the second round of the season by Ferraris Felipe Massa,with the Brazilian out-qualifying his Spanish team mate Fernando Alonso for the fourth race in succession.

Alonso,last years winner in Malaysia and second in the Australian season-opener last weekend,will start in third place.

Lewis Hamilton will complete the second row in his Mercedes with Red Bulls Mark Webber disappointed to be fifth after getting his timing wrong in the final session. Vettels raw pace in Australia was negated by excessive tyre wear in the race and after finishing third there,the German adopted a cautious approach in the first two rounds of qualifying on Saturday

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