Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel again led the way in final practice this morning with a best time of 1m 48.327s, but he was only a tenth up on the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso and the bulk of the field was covered by just a second, with seven teams in the top ten.
Amazing stuff – Hamilton has done it again for Mercedes. He takes his fourth successive pole.
Vettel will join him on the front row, ahead of Webber and Rosberg. Di Resta has to settle for P5, with Button sixth.
Lotus will be disappointed with seventh and eighth for Grosjean and Raikkonen, but not as disappointed as Ferrari – Alonso ninth, Massa tenth.
Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
01. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 2:01.012 | 22 |
02. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 2:01.200 | 19 |
03. | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 2:01.325 | 20 |
04. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 2:02.251 | 20 |
05. | Paul di Resta | Sahara Force India | 2:02.332 | 22 |
06. | Jenson Button | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 2:03.075 | 21 |
07. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 2:03.081 | 22 |
08. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus F1 | 2:03.390 | 22 |
09. | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 2:03.482 | 21 |
10. | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 2:04.059 | 21 |
11. | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber F1 | 1:49.088 | 17 |
12. | Adrian Sutil | Sahara Force India | 1:49.103 | 17 |
13. | Sergio Perez | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:49.304 | 16 |
14. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham F1 Team | 1:52.036 | 15 |
15. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia F1 | 1:52.563 | 16 |
16. | Max Chilton | Marussia F1 | 1:52.762 | 17 |
17. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams F1 | 2:03.072 | 10 |
18. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 2:03.300 | 10 |
19. | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 2:03.317 | 10 |
20. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams F1 | 2:03.432 | 10 |
21. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber F1 | 2:04.324 | 10 |
22. | Charles Pic | Caterham F1 Team | 2:07.384 | 8 |
Q1 107% Time: | 2:10.393 |