As expected, New 1-2 Pole for McLaren!!!
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button maintained McLaren's 2012 qualifying superiority as they repeated their Melbourne grid result and filled for the front row for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Michael Schumacher produced the best qualifying performance of his Formula 1 comeback as he took third for Mercedes, while world champion Sebastian Vettel chose to run the harder tyre and will start fifth for Red Bull.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.219
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.368 + 0.149
3. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:36.391 + 0.172
4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:36.461 + 0.242
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1:36.461 + 0.242
6. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:36.634 + 0.415
7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:36.658 + 0.439
8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:36.664 + 0.445
9. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:37.566 + 1.347
10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.698 + 1.479
Q2 Fastest time: K.Raikkonen 1:36.715 Gap
11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:37.589 + 0.874
12. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:37.731 + 1.016
13. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:37.841 + 1.126
14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:37.877 + 1.162
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:37.883 + 1.168
16. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:37.890 + 1.175
17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.069 + 1.354
Q1 Fastest time: M.Webber 1:37.172 Gap
18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:39.077 + 1.905
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:39.306 + 2.134
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:39.567 + 2.395
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.903 + 3.731
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.250 + 4.078
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:42.914 + 5.742
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:43.655 + 6.483
107% time: 1:43.974
