Vettel routinely to 41st pole position

Red Bull racer Sebastian Vettel had everything under control in the qualifiers for the Singapore GP and apparently easily won a new top starting position.

In the last part of the qualifications, Vettl's competitors mostly decided on the tactics of two fast laps, and the current world champion was satisfied with the first time of 1: 42.841. Le Vettel, Mark Webber, and Grosjean saved all the soft tire kits for the final part of the qualifiers, giving them more room to maneuver.

But Vettel showed what a test he is from when, in his only attempt, he shot to the top of the timeline with more than half a second advantage. Most of the competitors opted for another quick lap, and the German followed the action from the pits.

Vettel was biting his nails as Nico Rosberg approached the end of the lap, but the Mercedes racer was still less than a tenth behind his compatriot and Seb was already celebrating his forty-first best starting position. Grosjean and Webber split the second starting line-up, while Lewis Hamilton had to settle for fifth place with four tenths of a second behind Vettl.

Felipe Massa, who announced before the start of the race weekend in Singapore that he would no longer race for teammate Fernando Alonso, overtook the latter by 48 thousandths of a second. Jenson Button, Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Gutierrez shared the last three places in the top ten.

	Racer	Team	Hour	Circles
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	01:42.841	11
2.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	01:42.932	17
3.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	01:43.058	21
4.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	01:43.152	12
5.	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	01:43.254	17
6.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	01:43.890	19
7.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	01:43.938	15
8.	Jenson Button	McLaren	01:43.282	16
9.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	01:44.439	16
10.	Esteban Gutierrez	Clean	no time	14
Q2
11.	Nico Hulkenberg	Clean	01:44.555	9
12.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	01:44.588	14
13.	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	01:44.658	15
14.	Sergio Perez	McLaren	01:44.752	6
15.	Adrian Sutil	Force India	01:45.185	14
16.	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	01:45.388	13
Q1
17.	Paul di Resta	Force India	01:46.121	8
18.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	01:46.619	10
19.	Charles Pic	Caterham	01:48.111	6
20.	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	01:48.320	6
21.	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	01:48.830	6
22.	Max Chilton	Marussia	01:48.930	6