Seb on pole as Alonso struggles

RedBull's Sebastian Vettel continued his dominance in Austin today as he took his sixth pole position of the season for tomorrow's United States GrandPrix at the Circuit Of The America's in Texas. The championship leader who could take his third title in a row tomorrow finished a 10th of a second ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton who starts from the front row.

Meanwhile Fernando Alonso, Vettel's main championship rival endured a horrible qualifying session and he will start the race on the 4th row on the grid. He qualified in 9th place however he will start from 8th due to the fact that Lotus' Romain Grosjean received a 5 place grid penalty following a gearbox change. Grosjean's woes played into his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen's hands as the Finn will start from 4th on the grid behind Mark Webber's RedBull.

It was a great session for one side of the Mercedes garage as seven times world champion Michael Schumacher contesting his second last race before he retires will start the race from 5th on the grid. It was a very disappointing session for Nico Rosberg as the German failed to make it out of Q2 and will start the race from 17th place.

McLaren's Jenson Button also had a difficult day at the office as he lost power and will start the race from 12th place behind the Williams of Bruno Senna. the second Williams of Pastor Maldonado faired better as he will start the race from 10th place just behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso who was out qualified by his team mate Felipe Massa who will start from 7th on the grid.

In my opinion, we are going to have an incredible start that could potentially lead to a first lap safety car appearance. I also believe that Fernando Alonso can not be written off as he is extremely quick in race trim and provided he is able to keep away from any potential trouble we will have a championship decider in Brazil as he will make his way through the field.

I also believe that no matter what happens tomorrow, circuit bosses have done an incredible job with this magnificent venue. We certainly have a new permanent home for Formula One in America. Formula One belongs in America and it is incredible and extremely refreshing to see the enthusiasm for the sport amongst the US fans.

Formula One is back where it belongs!!!! Come on Austin serve us up a classic!!!!