THE CAR GAME

       THE FORMULA 1                                      

                                                                                                                                                                        The fiery Red Bulls sealed the front row of the starting grid for Indian Grand Prix on Sunday as Sebastian Vettel (1:25.283s) and Mark Webber (1:25.327s) belted out the two best timings in the flying laps of the qualifiers on Saturday afternoon.

The defending champion, who won his fifth pole position of the season and the 36th of his career, did not have a smooth run in Q3 though, as he swerved away from his racing line on Turn 4 after a terrible oversteer and locked his front wheels. But as they say, resilience defines a true champion.

Vettel promptly aborted his lap and returned to the pits for a fresh set of tyres. And when he got out, the German seemed to be running on hot wheels. What one saw thereafter was raw, blistering pace as Vettel whipped up his pole position-winning time.

The Red Bull driver, however, was quite modest about his performance in Q3.

“Fortunately, I got the lap together and was very happy with the lap itself.

“Here and there potentially could have been a bit faster, especially Turn 4, because this time I was making sure I was not locking up the fronts. But yeah, all in all, it has been a great weekend so far,” said Vettel.

The McLaren drivers, Lewis Hamilton (1:25.544s) and Jenson Button (1:25.659s), weren’t far behind as they occupied the second row.

Despite his car not being as swift as the Red Bulls, Hamilton had no complaints.