GP Singapore, Hamilton in pole position

Lewis Hamilton took pole position in qualifying for the Formula 1 Singapore GP. The Englishman from McLaren preceded Pastor Maldonado (Williams) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull). Fourth position on the grid for Jenson Button in the other McLaren, ahead of Fernando Alonso's Ferrari.
Di Resta is sixth with Force India, ahead of Mark Webber's Red Bull, seventh sub-judice. Eighth place was Romain Grosjean with Lotus ahead of the Mercedes of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.

In Q1 Grosjean achieved the best time and in Q2 he hit the rear of the car at turn 14. The Lotus driver, back on track, then managed to get the fourth fastest time in Q2 behind Hamilton, Vettel and Webber. Errors also for Bruno Senna, who damaged his rear suspension, unlike the Frenchman. In Q2, in addition to the Brazilian, Nico Hulkenberg, Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Sergio Perez, Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne were also eliminated.

Hulkenberg, Raikkonen and Massa were caught at the last minute by the two Mercedes. Kamui Kobayashi was immediately out of Q1 with Sauber, 18th ahead of Vitaly Petrov, Heikki Kovalainen, Timo Glock and Charles Pic. Last row for Narain Karthikeyan and Pedro de la Rosa.

It should be noted that Hamilton also hit the barriers on his fastest lap, without suffering any consequences.

F1 GP Singapore Qualifying Results

Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m46.362s 2. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m46.804s + 0.442 3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m46.905s + 0.543 4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m46.939s + 0.577 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m47.216s + 0.854 6. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m47.241s + 0.879 7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m47.475s + 1.113 8. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m47.788s + 1.426 9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes no time 10. Nico Rosberg Mercedes no time 11. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m47.975s + 1.310 12. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m48.261s + 1.596 13. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m48.344s + 1.679 14. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m48.505s + 1.840 15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m48.774s + 2.109 16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m48.849s + 2.184 17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault no time 18 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m49.933s + 2.245 19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m50.846s + 3.158 20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m51.137s + 3.449 21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m51.370s + 3.682 22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m51.762s + 4.074 23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m52.372s + 4.684 24. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m53.355s + 5.667