ISTANBUL (Agencies) Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel bounced back from his crash in practice on Friday to claim pole position in an all Red Bull front row on Saturday for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix. His fourth successive pole position from the opening four races of the season was the first time this feat had been achieved since Finnish driver Mika Hakkinen in 1999. The 23-year-old German drove his Red Bull car, dubbed 'Kinky Kylie' with great conviction despite his damaging experience the previous day, to clock an outstanding lap time of one minute and 25.049 seconds. He clocked his lap on his first run in the top-ten shootout, the third Q3 part of qualifying, and then saved his tyres by not going out again such was his supreme confidence for the 19th pole of his remarkable career. He was also, stunningly, four-tenths of a second ahead of his Red Bull team-mate Australian Mark Webber, who also chose to run only once in Q3, leaving both men with a spare set of tyres for the race. Earlier, Vettel bounced back to his usual form when he topped the times for Red Bull in the final free practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix. The 23-year-old German made light of missing the entire on Friday afternoon session, during which his car was repaired following his collision with barriers, clocking a best time of one minute and 26.037 seconds. His performance ended seven-time champion Michael Schumacher's hopes of topping the screens for Mercedes, after the German had clocked a lap in 1:26:038 - a gap of just one-thousandth. Third fastest behind the two Germans was Australian Mark Webber in the second Red Bull ahead of fourth-placed German Nico Rosberg in the second Mercedes, a performance that indicated that Mercedes, with a package of good revisions to their car at the Istanbul Park track, have pushed into a very competitive position. Britons Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren were fifth and sixth fastest respectively, the 2009 champion and his predecessor as the title holder proving unable to prevent the Mercedes resurgence that may threaten Red Bull. Russian Vitaly Petrov of Renault continued his good form also with seventh place ahead of two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso, in the leading Ferrari. Alonso's team-mate Brazilian Felipe Massa was ninth and Swiss Sebastien Buemi was 10th for Toro Rosso. The session was run in cool and dry conditions under a cloudless blue sky and, at first sight, suggested that Saturday afternoon's qualifying session could see a three-way scrap for pole between the leading men from the Red Bull, Mercedes and McLaren teams, with Ferrari languishing again. Meanwhile, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher heralded this year's Formula One as a major success that is good for the fans and fair for the drivers. Mercedes star said the rule-book this season has encouraged overtaking and excitement. t is, he said, a "day and a night of a difference" this year from the past thanks to the introduction of the Drag Reduction System - the adjustable rear wing on the cars - and the use of Pirelli's rapid-wear tyres. Schumacher, who was fourth in Friday's practice for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix, said: "I think it is a day and night of a difference, and it is a mega-success what we have been seeing - not just in Shanghai but also in the previous races.