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Vettel takes pole for Australian GP

MELBOURNE, March 17, 2013 (AFP) - World champion Sebastian Vettel produced a flying last lap to grab the pole for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne on Sunday. Vettel trumped Lewis Hamilton's best time in a Mercedes with his fastest lap of one minute 27.407 seconds, and will start alongside his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber on the front row of the grid. It was the young German's 37th career pole and sets up the world champion Red Bull team as favourites heading into the season-opening race at Melbourne's Albert Park street circuit later Sunday. The final two stages of qualifying were postponed until Sunday morning by rain on Saturday. "It was definitely not easy...
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