RedBull's Sebastian Vettel will start from pole position for tomorrow's Japanese GrandPrix. The German will be joined on the front row by team-mate Mark Webber giving the Milton Keynes based team their first front row lockout of the season.
It was a frustrating session for Kimi Raikkonen and Lotus as the Iceman spun at the end of session and brought out the yellow flags. He qualified in 8th place however he will start from 7th place as Jenson Button received a five place grid penalty. following a gearbox change. meanwhile his team mate Lewis Hamilton will start the race from 9th on the grid following a 'horrendous' set up mistake.
It was a great session for the Sauber team as home favourite Kamui Kobayashi will start from a superb third place on the grid alongside the Lotus of Romain Grosjean who lines up fourth.
Fernando Alonso, who felt he was held up by Sebastian Vettel who received a reprimand from the Stewards will start the race from 6th on the grid. Mercedes had a very disappointing quali as Nico Rosberg will start from 13th on the grid while Michael Schumacher will start the race from the last row on the grid in 23rd place following a 10 place grid penalty following his crash in Singapore last time out.
In my opinion, we are in for an incredible race. the championship could be blown wide open at the conclusion of tomorrow's race. At the moment Fernando Alonso leads the championship by 29 points from Sebastian Vettel, and with Vettel on pole with team -mate Webber in second the RedBull team could call on Webber to back Vettel this weekend.
Likewise with with Lotus, Romain Grosjean who is starting from 4th place on the grid has already said that he will play number 2 to team mate Kimi Raikkonen who is the running for this year's championship. Meanwhile at McLaren, Jenson Button shouldn't in my opinion be asked to help Lewis Hamilton when Hamilton is leaving the Woking baed team for Mercedes at the end of the season and in my opinion, there is no way that McLaren would want the reigning world champion moving to a rival team and bringing the number 1 with him.
No matter what happens tomorrow, Fernando Alonso will leave Suzuka as the championship leader.
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