Red Bull duo one-two; Hamilton falters; Schuey left trailing

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel claimed his third pole position in four F1 races this season with a stunning late lap in qualifying at Shanghai.

The German will lead an all-Red Bull front row, with his team-mate Mark Webber 0.248 seconds slower in second place.

Fernando Alonso took third for Ferrari, four places but only 0.2s ahead of his team-mate Felipe Massa.

Shanghai F1 qualifying times,/h3>1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:34.5582. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:34.8063. Alonso Ferrari 1:34.9134. Rosberg Mercedes 1:34.9235. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.9796. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.0347. Massa Ferrari 1:35.1808. Kubica Renault 1:35.3649. Schumacher Mercedes 1:35.64610. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:35.963

11. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:35.74812. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.04713. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.14914. Petrov Renault 1:36.31115. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.42216. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:36.64717. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.020

18. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes1:37.16119. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.27820. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.39921. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.52022. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.78323. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:40.46924. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:40.578

All timing unofficial

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