Button admits Vettel pace was too much

Jenson Button admitted that Sebastian Vettel's blistering pace in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix dashed any hopes the McLaren driver might have had of challenging for pole position in Q3. The 2009 world champion, who starts Sunday's race from second on the grid - his first front row start of the season ? revealed after qualifying that he had harboured hopes of challenging for pole after a strong run in Q2. But despite using two sets of the softer option Pirellis, could not get within half a second of Vettel's first effort.

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