Webber edges Red Bull teammate Vettel for pole May 21, 2011 -- Updated 1421 GMT (2221 HKT)


Mark Webber is all smiles after claiming his first pole of the 2011 season for Red Bull.
Mark Webber is all smiles after claiming his first pole of the 2011 season for Red Bull.

(CNN) -- Mark Webber edged out Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel to claim pole position Saturday for the Spanish Grand Prix.
The 34-year-old Australian clocked a time of one minute 20.981 seconds at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona, with reigning world champion Vettel 0.2 seconds back.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton took third for McLaren but was almost a second adrift of Webber to underline the dominance of the Red Bulls.
Vettel has won three of this season's four races to lead Hamilton by 34 points going into Sunday's fifth round.
It was a good battle with Seb, I though we were going to be battling for porle so I just had to make sure I did a good lap and then pray that my time went above Seb's
--Mark Webber
Home hope Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari pipped the second McLaren of Jenson Button for fourth spot on his final lap of the session.
German Nico Rosberg of Mercedes was sixth best ahead of the second Ferrari of Brazilian Felipe Massa.
Young Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado took eighth for Williams while seven time champion Michael Schumacher was ninth fastest in the second Mercedes, having been fastest in the first of three qualifying sessions.
Russian Vitaly Petrov of Renault rounded out the top ten drivers who contested the final session.
Webber was confident that the fight for first on the grid was always going to be with his teammate.
"It was a good battle with Seb, I though we were going to be battling for pole so I just had to make sure I did a good lap and then pray that my time went above Seb's," he told the official F1 press conference.


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