Webber pips Vettel to take pole position at Japan GP

Suzuka(Japan): Australian Mark Webber led a Red Bull front row sweep on Saturday and denied team mate and Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel a fifth successive Japanese Grand Prix pole position. Webber, in his last season in the sport, lapped the figure-of-eight Suzuka circuit with a best time of one minute 30.915 seconds. [caption id=“attachment_1168157” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Vettel is one GP away from clinching the title. Getty Images[/caption] Vettel, who can clinch his fourth world title in a row on Sunday if he wins and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso fails to finish in the top eight, lapped in 1:31.089. Lewis Hamilton, for Mercedes, and Romain Grosjean in a Lotus, share the second row with Alonso qualifying only eighth while Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa starts fifth.  Reuters