HOCKENHEIM, Germany // Sebastian Vettel of Germany edged out Fernando Alonso for pole position in his home Formula One Grand Prix. Vettel's Red Bull was .002 seconds faster than Alonso's Ferrari in qualifying to give the German his sixth pole of the season - and his third straight. "We knew that it would be close, but did not expect it to be that close, it's not very comfortable," said Vettel, who now has 11 poles in his career. Felipe Massa of Brazil in the second Ferrari was third and Mark Webber of Australia was fourth in another Red Bull to complete the two front rows for Sunday's German Grand Prix. The championship leader Lewis Hamilton of Britain was sixth, behind McLaren teammate Jenson Button. Vettel will be looking for his third win of the season. "There are no points to be won Saturday, the main challenge will come tomorrow," Vettel said. Alonso won the opening race of the season in Bahrain but Ferrari has since fallen behind the Red Bulls and the McLarens. "Finally we got close to the Red Bulls, after 10 races," Alonso said. "We are in the front row for the first time and we lost the pole by a very small margin but that's not very important. "We are going in the right direction. Finally we did 100 percent in qualifying and for the first time we have two Ferraris in the top three," the Spaniard said. Michael Schumacher, who won four times in Hockenheim, qualified in 11th place in his homecoming. The seven-time Formula One champion is in his comeback season after coming out of retirement. * AP
