Brazilian GP: Hamilton on pole. Vettel fourth, Alonso eighth

Lewis Hamilton took pole position in qualifying for the Formula 1 Brazilian GP, ​​the last race of the 2012 season which was decisive for the assignment of the drivers' championship between Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. McLaren double on Saturday at Interlagos with Jenson Button second ahead of the two Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Disappointing qualifying for Ferrari which didn't take advantage of Vettel's hesitation today, who ran wide at his first attempt and didn't seem very brilliant today. Felipe Massa is fifth, Alonso only eighth. Among them, Pastor Maldonado's Williams and Nico Hulkenberg's Force India. Ninth position on the grid for Kimi Raikkonen despite problems in free practice, tenth for Nico Rosberg (Mercedes).

In Q3 the drivers mounted medium tyres. Hamilton and Alonso were the first out on track. The Englishman immediately set a time of 1.12.850 with Massa taking second place. Webber then beat the Ferrari driver's time but shortly after Button moved in behind his teammate while Vettel, due to an error at turn 4, where he ended up very wide, set the sixth fastest time on his first attempt.

Hulkenberg moved into fourth place ahead of Massa, Raikkonen and Alonso. The Spaniard closed the second run with the fifth fastest time but the others also improved. Hamilton dropped to 1.12.458 to take pole ahead of Button, Webber and Vettel who moved up to fourth at the end. Massa set the fifth fastest time ahead of Maldonado, Hulkenberg and Alonso.

Raikkonen and Rosberg close the top 10. Surprisingly, Massa beat Alonso again, perhaps confirming the current less than exceptional feeling between the Spaniard and the F2012.

Paul di Resta, Bruno Senna, Sergio Perez and Michael Schumacher were out in Q2. According to rumours, the German opted for a wet set-up. 15th position for Kobayashi ahead of the Toro Rossos of Ricciardo and Vergne. Romain Grosjean was only 18th after a collision with Pedro de la Rosa's HRT.

F1 GP Brazil – Qualifying results and starting grid

Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m12.458s 2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m12.513s + 0.055 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m12.581s + 0.123 4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m12.760. 0.302S + 5 1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 12.987m0.529s + 6 1. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 13.174m0.716s + 7 1. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercendes 13.206m0.748s + 8 1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 13.253m0.795s + 9 1 13.298. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 0.840m10s + 1 13.489. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1.031m11s + 1 14.121. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 0.912m12s + 1 14.219. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1.010m13s + 1 14.234. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1.025m14s + 1 14.334. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1.125m15s + 1 14.380. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1.171m16s + 1 14.574. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1.365m17s + 1 14.619. Jean-Eric Vergne To ro Rosso-Ferrari 1.410m18s + 1 16.967. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1.892m19s + 1 17.073. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1.998m20s + 1 17.086. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 2.011m21s + 1 17.508. Timo Glock Marussia- Cosworth 2.433m22s + 1 18.104. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 3.029m23s + 1 19.576. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 4.501m24s + 1 19.699. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 4.624mXNUMXs + XNUMX