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Webber takes blame for missing pole

Sutton Images Enlarge Mark Webber admitted a mistake in the last two corners of his qualifying lap cost him pole position at the United States Grand Prix. Webber was on provisional pole after the first runs in Q3 but was beaten by Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel at the final attempt. He set the fastest first and second sectors of anyone but ran wide in the penultimate corner and lost time overall. "You get two shots [in Q3] and we both had two sets of option [tyres]," he said. "The first part of the lap was very good and I was happy with that, but I didn't quite get [Turns] 19 and 20 as I wanted. If I'd just repeated what I'd done initially in Q3 it was going to be...
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