2013 Singapore Grand Prix: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel claims pole, Kimi Raikkonen knocked out

Sebastian Vettel won the pole for the Singapore Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, clocking 1:42:841, claimed pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix with Nico Rosberg in second position, adrift by 0.091 seconds.

Romain Grosjean and Mark Webber finished in third and fourth position respectively while Lewis Hamilton was able to manage only a fifth place.

A relieved Sebastian Vettel said: “It’s a weird feeling to stand in garage with two minutes to go, it’s much worse when you watch the others and there’s nothing you can do. I was watching the sectors times closely. Mark started with a purple sector and Nico and Romain then had a purple sector, but fortunately my last sector was strong enough. It was a great feeing, I’m very happy with the result. The car has been phenomenal all weekend.”

Qualifying 2:

Vettel finished Q2 as the fastest with his Red-Bull team-mate Mark Webber in second position. Romain Grosjean managed to finish fifth behind both the Mercedes drivers, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.

To everyone’s disbelief, Kimi Raikkonen was knocked out for the second consecutive time in the qualifying session.

Joining him were Nico Hulkenburg, Sergio Perez, Valtteri Bottas, Jean-Eric Vergne and Adrian Sutil.

Qualifying 1:

Lewis Hamilton finished the fastest while the six drivers who were eliminated at the end of Q1 session included Giedo van der Garde, Jules Bianchi, Max Chilton, Charles Pic, Paul Di Resta and Pastor Maldonado.