Vettel praises team effort

Red Bull driver delighted with car advantage

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Vettel praises team effort

Vettel: Delighted with Red Bull package

All weekend we have felt comfortable, from the first practice session onwards, and overnight we improved it a bit.

Sebastian Vettel
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Sebastian Vettel paid tribute to the speed of his Red Bull car after taking a commanding pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The German grabbed top spot on the grid for Sunday's race after seeing off the challenge of team-mate Mark Webber by over four tenths of a second.

And worryingly for the rest of the field, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was over a full second behind Vettel's benchmark in third place.

After the session Vettel, who has secured his fourth consecutive pole, heaped praise on his team for having such a pace advantage at the Hungaroring.

"It was a very good day for us," the 23-year-old said. "All weekend we have felt comfortable, from the first practice session onwards, and overnight we improved it a bit.

Wonderful

"I said to the team over the radio that this was their moment because although Mark and myself are pushing hard to finish first and second, they have built this wonderful car.

"So I'm happy to be on pole again. It means a lot for us, my team and myself."

Vettel has started from first place at six previous rounds of the championship but has only taken victory in one of those grands prix, leaving him well aware that qualifying form does not always transfer into the race.

He added: "Hopefully I can have a good start and then a good race because there are no points on a Saturday."

Webber conceded that his team-mate deserved the pole position after Vettel became the first driver this weekend to dip under one minute 19 seconds around the Hungaroring.

"It wasn't the cleanest lap, my first," the Australian said. "But Seb deserves pole. It was a good lap, 18.7, and it wasn't my day, but the guys have done a phenomenal job all weekend.

"This was pretty similar to Barcelona here. We knew it was going to be between us, and whoever did the quickest lap would get pole."