Vettel on pole for Turkish Grand Prix

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix today ahead of Formula One championship leader Jenson Button.

Button's Brawn GP team mate Rubens Barrichello qualified third for Sunday's race with Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber completing the second row.

Champion Lewis Hamilton failed to qualify from the first qualifying session, blaming lack of speed.

The following is the grid:

1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull-Renault 1 min 28.316 secs
2. Jenson Button (Britain) Brawn-Mercedes 1:28.421
3. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Brawn-Mercedes 1:28.579
4. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull-Renault 1:28.613
5. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:28.666
6. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1:28.815
7. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:28.858
8. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 1:29.075
9. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams-Toyota 1:29.191
10. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:29.357
11. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:27.521
12. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams-Toyota 1:27.629
13.Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 1:27.795
14. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.207
15. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India-Mercedes 1:28.391
16. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.318
17. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault 1:28.582
18. Sebastien Buemi (Switzerland) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.708
19. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India-Mercedes 1:28.717
20. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.918