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News Saturday 29th May 2010 By Geoff Meyer

Mark Webber has completed a hat-trick of pole positions by clocking the fastest time for Red Bull in qualifying for this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix.

The 33-year-old has now claimed four poles this season and five in his career and the Red Bull team have taken all seven this year.

He will be chasing a hat-trick of victories in the 58-lap race as he bids to jump clear at the top of the scrap for the drivers' title.

Webber is currently leading on 78 points level with his 22-year-old German team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who qualified third behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton's fully-committed effort meant he split the Red Bull pacesetters and claimed a front row start for the first time this year.

Webber was satisfied after a struggle to find a good set-up at the Istanbul Park circuit.

"It hasn't been the smoothest of weekends for us in terms of getting the running in. Getting ready for 'quali' things started to get a little bit better,'' he said.

"I was a little bit on the back foot going in to be honest, but I knew if I dug deep it could be OK. And it worked out for us.

"I'm a little bit more confident for tomorrow to be honest.''

Hamilton's McLaren team-mate and defending champion Jenson Button was fourth ahead of Michael Schumacher who spun off the circuit and into the gravel on his final fast lap in qualifying.

"Fourth is not too bad, but the last lap was frustrating. Being the last car is sometimes a good thing, but there's more chance of someone going off ahead - and Michael Schumacher went off in front of me," Button said.
 
"I saw the yellow flag and decided to come in. We are a lot closer to Red Bull than I expected. My biggest problem is turn eight and I think we've run the car too low. We'll have a lot of fuel on board for tomorrow so it will be tough.''

Schumacher's Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg was sixth ahead of Robert Kubica of Renault with Felipe Massa eighth for Ferrari. His team-mate, Fernando Alonso, was only down in 12th.

Kubica's Renault team-mate Vitaly Petrov was ninth and Kamui Kobayashi 10th for Sauber. 

1st row
Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull-Renault) Lewis Hamilton (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes)
2nd row
Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull-Renault) Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes)
3rd row
Michael Schumacher (GER/Mercedes) Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes)
4th row
Robert Kubica (POL/Renault) Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari)
5th row
Vitaly Petrov (RUS/Renault) Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Sauber-Ferrari)
6th row
Adrian Sutil (GER/Force India-Mercedes) Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari)
7th row
Pedro de la Rosa (ESP/Sauber-Ferrari) Sbastien Buemi (SUI/Toro Rosso-Ferrari)
8th row
Rubens Barrichello (BRA/Williams-Cosworth) Jaime Alguersuari (ESP/Toro Rosso-Ferrari)
9th row Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Williams-Cosworth) Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA/Force India-Mercedes)
10th row
Jarno Trulli (ITA/Lotus-Cosworth) Heikki Kovalainen (FIN/Lotus-Cosworth)
11th row
Timo Glock (GER/Virgin-Cosworth) Bruno Senna (BRA/Hispania-Cosworth)
12th row
Lucas Di Grassi (BRA/Virgin-Cosworth) Karun Chandhok (IND/Hispania-Cosworth)

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