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 1:34.558
2. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:34.806
3. Alonso Ferrari 1:34.913
4. Rosberg Mercedes 1:34.923
5. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.979
6. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.034
7. Massa Ferrari 1:35.180
8. Kubica Renault 1:35.364
9. Schumacher Mercedes 1:35.646
10. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:35.963

11. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:35.748
12. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.047
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:36.149
14. Petrov Renault 1:36.311
15. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.422
16. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:36.647
17. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.020

18. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes1:37.161
19. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.278
20. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.399
21. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.520
22. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.783
23. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:40.469
24. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:40.578

All timing unofficial

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