Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel produced a sublime lap in treacherous conditions to claim his ninth pole position of the season in Brazil on Saturday.
Heavy rain had delayed the start of Q3, but when the action got going it was the world champion who made the most of the intermediate tyres to set a lap time over a half a second quicker than those of Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. |  Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:26.479 | 23 |
| 02. | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:27.102 | 22 |
| 03. |  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:27.539 | 21 |
| 04. |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 1:27.572 | 23 |
| 05. |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:27.677 | 23 |
| 06. |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 | 1:27.737 | 22 |
| 07. | Daniel Ricciardo |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:28.052 | 24 |
| 08. | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:28.081 | 25 |
| 09. |  Felipe Massa |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:28.109 | 20 |
| 10. | Nico Hulkenberg |
Sauber F1 | 1:29.582 | 21 |
| 11. |  Heikki Kovalainen |
Lotus F1 | 1:27.456 | 21 |
| 12. | Paul di Resta |
Sahara Force India | 1:27.798 | 16 |
| 13. | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams F1 | 1:27.954 | 16 |
| 14. |  Sergio Perez |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:28.269 | 15 |
| 15. | Jenson Button |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:28.308 | 15 |
| 16. | Adrian Sutil |
Sahara Force India | 1:28.586 | 19 |
| 17. |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams F1 | 1:27.367 | 12 |
| 18. | Esteban Gutiérrez |
Sauber F1 | 1:27.445 | 14 |
| 19. | Charles Pic |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:27.843 | 6 |
| 20. |  Giedo van der Garde |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:28.320 | 6 |
| 21. | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia F1 | 1:28.366 | 11 |
| 22. | Max Chilton |
Marussia F1 | 1:28.950 | 11 |
| Q1 107% Time: | 1:31.315 | |||
