Vettel on pole in Hungary for rampant Red Bull

Posted at 12:00am on 31 July 2010

BUDAPEST, July 31 (Reuters) - Germany's Sebastian Vettel roared to his fourth successive pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday in a Red Bull front row sweep with Australian Mark Webber.

Vettel's seventh pole of the season was also Red Bull's 11th in 12 races and they looked utterly dominant at the Hungaroring.

Ferrari filled the second row, with Fernando Alonso lining up alongside Brazilian Felipe Massa. Alonso was a hefty 1.2 seconds slower than Vettel.

McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualified in fifth place while world champion team mate Jenson Button, second overall and 14 points behind his fellow-Briton, qualified 11th.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Pritha Sarkar; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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