F1: Vettel at 13th pole, Karthikeyan penalised

The wait is over. The excitement to watch the final match is at its peak and within 24 hours from now on, the name of the first champion in Indian formula one race will be known to all.

On the second day of the free practice at Buddh International Circuit the two time youngest world champion Sebastian Vettel has proved that why he is ahead of his competitors. Why he is rated so highly among all race drivers.

The German in the red bull who once lapped in 1m 24.437s trimmed down to 1m 24.178s to secure his 13th pole position. Lewis Hamilton's Three -place grid penalty which he got on Friday haunted him in qualifying for the Indian Grand Prix.

The 2008 champion, the Englishman, Hamilton, lapped in 1m 24.474s in the MaLaren. Mark Webber had to content with his third fastest 1m 24.508s.

The fourth and fifth positions were held by Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Jenson Button in the respective order. On Friday Felipe Masa had edged out the champion Vettel but after Saturday's practice he was reeling at sixth position with 1m 24.950s.

The second day of the practice has brought disappointing news for the lone Indian driver Nanain Karthikeyan of HRT. He was found guilty of impeding Mercedes' Michael Schumacher and has been handed a five-place grid penalty by the Indian stewards.

Despite that incident the German superstar managed to make it through to Q2 and eventually qualified in 12th. Karthikeyan could do it only in 21st.

After taking all the penalties into consideration the starting order of the first Indian Grand prix would be Vettel, Webber; Alonso, Button; Hamilton, Massa; Rosberg, Sutil; Buemi, Alguersuari; Schumacher, di Resta; Maldonado, Senna; Barrichello, Petrov; Kobayashi, Kovalainen; Trulli, Perez; D'Ambrosio, Ricciardo; Karthikeyan, Glock.