Vettel takes dominant pole position

Japanese Grand Prix Qualifying1. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull 1:30.8392. Mark Webber - Red Bull 1:31.0903. Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber 1:31.7004. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:31.8985. Sergio Perez - Mercedes 1:32.0226. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 1:32.1147. Kimi Raikkonen - Lotus 1:32.2088. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:31.2909. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren 1:32.32710. Felipe Massa - Ferrari 1:32.293SUZUKA – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was in a league of his own as he took pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix.The German headed team-mate Mark Webber and McLaren’s Jenson Button, who will be demoted to eighth because of a penalty for changing his gearbox.That will put Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi third, ahead of Lotus’s Romain Grosjean and Sauber’s Sergio Perez.Championship leader Fernando Alonso will start sixth ahead of Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton is ninth.But following qualifying Vettel was asked to go to the stewards after it was alleged he blocked Alonso at the chicane. A decision is expected soon.Alonso is 29 points ahead of Vettel in the championship, with Raikkonen third and Hamilton fourth.Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg rounded out the top 10, but will take a five-place grid penalty for changing a gearbox, while his team-mate Paul di Resta missed out on a place in the top 10 shoot-out by just 0.055secs - the margin separating him from Hulkenberg.Agencies