Sebastian Vettel's bid to land a fourth successive world title at tomorrow's Indian Grand Prix will begin from pole position after another dominant performance at the wheel of the Red Bull during today's qualifying hour.

The German, who is on the brink of becoming only the fourth man in history to rack up four drivers' titles, set a fastest lap of one minute 24.119 seconds around the flowing Buddh International Circuit to finish over seven-tenths up on Mercedes' Nico Rosberg in second.

Rosberg's team-mate Lewis Hamilton took third on the grid, a tenth further back, while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who trails Vettel by 90 points but remains the only man who can deny him yet another drivers' title, will start back in eighth place.

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