A car defect has prevented Sebastian Vettel from scoring pole position for the Turkish grand prix.<\/p>\n
Instead, his on-form Red Bull teammate Mark Webber netted his third consecutive qualifying triumph, and on Sunday could complete a hat-trick of wins from pole.<\/p>\n
But Vettel, with his new ‘Randy Mandy’ chassis at Istanbul Park, was actually quicker in Q1 and Q2, and on course for a much faster lap when his front wheel began locking under braking.<\/p>\n
“The chassis change has paid off, if only they had changed this braking part too,” Niki Lauda said wryly to Motorsport-Magazin.com after qualifying.<\/p>\n
The problem translated to a half-second deficit to Webber for Vettel, allowing McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton to slip between them on the grid.<\/p>\n
“It was a tight fight with all of us and I think Seb had a bit of a problem with his car,” admitted Australian afterwards.<\/p>\n
The disappointment clearly told on 22-year-old Vettel’s face, having come so close to bouncing back to top form after two races clearly behind his teammate.<\/p>\n
“It should easily have been a lot quicker,” said the German.\u00a0 “I’m not the type of guy who says ‘the car is broken, that’s it’.”<\/p>\n
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko described Vettel’s problem as a “pity”, but for the energy drinks brand, its run of pole positions in 2010 remains unbroken.<\/p>\n
“One and three is not so bad,” said the Austrian Marko.<\/p>\n
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