Sebastian Vettel believes he could have set a faster lap time during this afternoon's qualifying session for the Indian Grand Prix, despite marking his 35th pole position in Formula 1. The Red Bull driver, who pipped team-mate Mark Webber to Saturday honours, admitted that he was slightly more cautious after an early Q3 mistake.
"I think first of all it was a tight session, especially at the end," said Vettel. "On my first run I made a mistake at Turn 4, so I had to abort the lap. That was not as it had been planned. We decided to go for another run and had only one set of tyres left.
"Fortunately I got the lap together, so I'm very happy. I could have been a bit faster, especially around Turn 4 as I made sure I wasn't locking up the fronts. But all in all it has been a great weekend so far."
Despite his impressive one lap pace, Vettel admits that Sunday's Grand Prix will be more of a challenge, with his rivals set to be stronger on higher fuel loads.
"You know the races these days, a lot of things can happen," he added. "But, this is the best possible position to start. It'll be a hard race coming up tomorrow, it was a bit of a surprise on Friday as people around us looked competitive."
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:25.283 | 13 |
| 2. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:25.327 | 17 |
| 3. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:25.544 | 23 |
| 4. | J. Button | McLaren | 01:25.659 | 21 |
| 5. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:25.773 | 21 |
| 6. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:25.857 | 18 |
| 7. | K. Raikkonen | Lotus | 01:26.236 | 25 |
| 8. | S. Perez | Sauber | 01:26.360 | 23 |
| 9. | P. Maldonado | Williams | 01:26.713 | 24 |
| 10. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | no time | 23 |
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