Sebastian Vettel won his 15th pole position of the Formula One season at the Brazilian Grand Prix Saturday, breaking former world champion Nigel Mansell's 19-year record. Vettel, who has already won the F1 title, finished in a time of 1 minute, 11.918 seconds at the 4.3-kilometer Interlagos track. The 24-year-old German drew level with Mansell after winning his 14th pole at the Abu Dhabi GP two weeks ago. Vettel's Red Bull teammate, Mark Webber, was second with a lap of 1:12.099. Jenson Button of McLaren was third in 1:12.283, and teammate Lewis Hamilton will start fourth with a time of 1:12.480. Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso is fifth for Ferrari. Vettel parked his car and put his finger up to show who was No. 1 again, in his trademark celebration that has been present all year long. “This is really special, it's different from the other poles,” Vettel said. Mansell set the record with Williams in a 16-race season in 1992, when he also won nine races to win his only F1 drivers' title. He failed to start from pole only at the Canadian GP and at the Hungarian GP that year. Mansell had six straight poles to start the season and five consecutive to finish it. Vettel broke the record in 19 races. He failed to win the pole only in Spain, England, Germany and Korea. His worst starting position was third — in Germany.
