Australian Mark Webber took pole position for the South Korean Formula One Grand Prix this morning with title-chasing Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel having to settle for second place on the starting grid.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton qualified third with Ferrari's championship leader Fernando Alonso in fourth.

Alonso leads Vettel by four points with five races remaining.

THE GRID

Qualifying from the Formula One Korean Grand Prix at Korean International Circuit on Saturday 
1.  Mark Webber (Australia)      RedBull - Renault      1:37.242  
2.  Sebastian Vettel (Germany)   RedBull - Renault      1:37.316  
3.  Lewis Hamilton (Britain)     McLaren                1:37.469  
4.  Fernando Alonso (Spain)      Ferrari                1:37.534  
5.  Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)     Lotus - Renault        1:37.625  
6.  Felipe Massa (Brazil)        Ferrari                1:37.884  
7.  Romain Grosjean (France)     Lotus - Renault        1:37.934  
8.  Nico Huelkenberg (Germany)   Force India - Mercedes 1:38.266  
9.  Nico Rosberg (Germany)       Mercedes               1:38.361  
10. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes               1:38.513  
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11. Jenson Button (Britain)      McLaren                1:38.441  
12. Sergio Perez (Mexico)        Sauber - Ferrari       1:38.460  
13. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan)      Sauber - Ferrari       1:38.594  
14. Paul Di Resta (Britain)      Force India - Mercedes 1:38.643  
15. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - Renault     1:38.725  
16. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso - Ferrari   1:39.084  
17. Jean-Eric Vergne (France)    Toro Rosso - Ferrari   1:39.340  
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18. Bruno Senna (Brazil)         Williams - Renault     1:39.443  
19. Vitaly Petrov (Russia)       Caterham - Renault     1:40.207  
20. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)  Caterham - Renault     1:40.333  
21. Charles Pic (France)         Marussia - Cosworth    1:41.317  
22. Timo Glock (Germany)         Marussia - Cosworth    1:41.371  
23. Pedro de la Rosa (Spain)     HRT - Cosworth         1:42.881  
24. Narain Karthikeyan (India)   HRT - Cosworth

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