Vettel won Japanese qualification

The German pilot Sebastian Vettel from the Red Bull team will begin from the first position of the Japanese Grand Prix-the 15th stage of the World Championship in Formula-1 races. Vettel, who won his fourth pool-poses in the season, became the winner of the qualification on the Suzuk highway. In the decisive round, he showed the time at 1 minute 32.160 seconds, ahead of the Italian Yarno Truly from Toyota by 0.06 seconds.

The second line of the starting field will be the Briton Lewis Hamilton (McLaren, 1.32,395) and the German Adrian Sutil (FORS India, 1.32,466). The leader of the World Cup Jenson Batton completed the qualifications of only the 7th (1.32,962). Nevertheless, he can become the world champion in the Sunday race, if he gains 5 points more than his Brazilian team of Brazilian Rubens Barricello, who completed the qualifications of the fifth (1.32,660).

The final round of qualification stopped due to the departure from the Toro Rosso pilot Hake Kovalainen, and the red flags appeared on the highway three times. A serious accident in qualification suffered the German racer Timota Timo Glok, who flew out of the highway at high speed and crashed into a chip of tires. The pilot himself could not leave the car and was evacuated on a stretcher. According to preliminary information, Glock escaped serious damage.

The Japanese Grand Prix race will begin on Sunday at 9.00 Moscow time, reminds RIA Novosti.