Vettel on pole position for season-opening Australian Grand Prix

Vettel’s qualifying time was 01:23.529. The Red Bull driver showed his dominance throughout the session.

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton will be starting from second place with a time of 01:24.307 and Mark Webber with a qualifying time of 02:24.395 starts from third spot.

Ferrari drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa will be starting from fifth and eighth position.

Former champion Michael Schumacher did not have a great day as he will be starting from 11^th place.

Qualifying results:

1.           Sebastian Vettel

2.           Lewis Hamilton

3.           Mark Webber

4.           Jenson Button

5.           Fernando Alonso

6.           Vitaly Petrov

7.           Nico Rosberg

8.           Felipe Massa

9.           Kamui Kobayashi

10.     Sebastien Buemi

11.     Michael Schumacher

12.     Jaime Alguersuari

13.     Sergio Perez

14.     Paul di Resta

15.     Pastor Maldonado

16.     Adrian Sutil

17.     Ruben Barrichello

18.     Nick Heidfeld

19.     Heikki Kovalainen

20.     Jarno Trulli

21.     Timo Glock

22.     Jerome d’ Ambrosio

23.     Vitantonio Liuzzi

24.     Narain Karthikeyan