Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying Report

Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton’s fastest lap in q3 was over half a second quicker than the Williams of Pastor Maldando. Hamilton’s team mate Jenson Button lines up on the second row of the grid in P4.Speaking of Williams, Pastor Maldanado surprised everyone with a very quick lap in q3 and he will be starting from P2 on the grid. While his team mate Bruno Senna didn’t make into q3 after crashing his Williams in q2.

Sebastian Vettel, surprisingly couldn’t keep with his practice form and could only manage third position on the grid. Mark Webber also failed to deliver and will line up P7 on the grid.

World Championship leader Fernando Alonso got the maximum out of the Ferrari and he lines up fifth on the grid alongside the force India of Paul Di Resta, who did a brilliant job enroute to the sixth fastest time. Di Resta’s teammate Nico Hulkenberg failed to get into q3 and will line up P11 on the grid.

Romain Grosjean did a brilliant job to get into q3 after his intial spin in q2 and was probably bit too aggressive on his flying lap in q3 and so lines up eight on the grid. Kimi Raikkonen couldn’t make in to q3 which was a big surprise and he lines up 12th on the grid.

The Mercedes duo of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg line up ninth and tenth on the grid. Both, the Mercedes drivers didn’t set a time in q3 and will start on the harder compound of tyres. So, it will be interesting to see how their strategy works.

Felipe Massa as usual couldn’t match Fernando Alonso’s pace and failed to make into q3 and as so line up P13 on the grid.

The Saubers had a terrible day with Sergio Perez in 14th place and Kamui Kobayashi in 18th place. Behind Sergio Perez were the usual suspects, the Toro Rosso duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Vergne line up on 15th and 16th places respectively.

Vitaly Petrov managed to outqualify Kovalinen while at HRT Narain Karthikeyan outqualified Pedro De la Rosa for second consecutive time this season.

Overall, we are set for an exciting Singapore Grand Prix tomorrow. Enjoy!

Here are the results of qualifying:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:48.285	1:46.665	1:46.362	14
2	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:49.494	1:47.602	1:46.804	17
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:48.240	1:46.791	1:46.905	14
4	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:49.381	1:47.661	1:46.939	15
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:49.391	1:47.567	1:47.216	14
6	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.028	1:47.667	1:47.241	18
7	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:48.717	1:47.513	1:47.475	17
8	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:47.688	1:47.529	1:47.788	16
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:49.546	1:47.823		14
10	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:49.463	1:47.943		13
11	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:49.547	1:47.975		12
12	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:48.169	1:48.261		14
13	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:49.767	1:48.344		12
14	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:49.055	1:48.505		14
15	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:49.023	1:48.774		13
16	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:49.564	1:48.849		14
17	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:49.809			10
18	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:49.933			8
19	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:50.846			6
20	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:51.137			6
21	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:51.370			8
22	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:51.762			8
23	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:52.372			7
24	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:53.355			7
		Q1 107% Time		1:55.226

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