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Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying: Vettel snatches it from Raikkonen

Sebastian Vettel left it very late to claim pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, the world championship leader needed to dig deep to knock Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen off the top spot on the timing screens at the very end of qualifying in Shanghai. A resurgent Raikkonen set the pace for most of the session and even improved on his final flying lap in Q3, but Vettel did the business with a storming lap of 1:31.095, enough to guarantee a top spot start for the race with his teammate beside him for another front row lockout as they did a week earlier in Bahrain – the first all Red back-to-back front row since 2006!  Vettel said afterwards, 'I was happy with the whole...
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