Qualifying - Vettel takes dominant pole in Singapore
Red Bull’s racers will start the Singapore race from the front row, after Sebastian Vettel set the pace throughout qualifying and Mark Webber deposed McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages.
The final session began with a minor territorial dispute between Hamilton and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa on their out laps, the Englishman then initially beating team mate Jenson Button and Webber for fastest time with 1m 44.809s to 1m 44.928s and 1m 45.378s, before Vettel deposed him by half a second with 1m 44.381s. Massa aborted his run.Hamilton’s chances were eroded when he was unable to make a second run due to a fuelling problem. He had to sit in the pits and watch as Webber moved to second with 1m 44.732s and Button beat his time by a fraction with 1m 44.804s. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso only just failed to make fourth place, with 1m 44.874s.Massa did just one run for 1m 45.800s and sixth place, while Nico Rosberg on 1m 46.013s was the only other runner to get a time. Mercedes team mate Michael Schumacher got out too late, and the Force Indias of Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta didn’t bother to venture out as their management opted to conserve tyres.Q2 was brought to a temporary halt almost immediately after Kamui Kobayashi aviated over the Turn 10 kerbs and smacked his Sauber into the outer wall. When it resumed, Vettel quickly went ahead with 1m 44.931s, half a second clear again of Button and Webber, as a right-rear puncture prevented Hamilton from completing a lap likely to have put him second. He finished eighth instead, but was comfortably ahead of the Force Indias. - byhttp://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/9/12564.html
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