- Lewis Hamilton beat Formula 1 title rival Nico Rosberg to pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix by seven thousandths of a second.
- Hamilton was only sixth fastest on his first run in the Q3 top 10 shootout but despite a lock-up at Turn 1 on his final lap, a particularly strong run through the middle part of the lap allowed him to pip Rosberg.
- Red Bull locked out the second row, with Daniel Ricciardo third ahead of Sebastian Vettel, just half-a-tenth separating the two.
- Fernando Alonso was fifth fastest, only a tenth behind the lead Red Bull, although Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was not able to do better than seventh after suffering a car problem on his second run.
- Splitting the Ferraris was Felipe Massa, the Williams driver putting in an impressive lap to go fastest in Q3 on first-run times, but only able to make a tiny improvement on his second lap.
- Valtteri Bottas was eighth in the second Williams, the Finn unable to improve on his second run.
- Kevin Magnussen was ninth, only 0.569s off Hamilton's pole position time, while Daniil Kvyat was slowest in Q3 after having only one set on super-soft rubber available for the final session.
- Jenson Button and Jean-Eric Vergne were in the top 10 in Q2 on their first runs, but with both Williams drivers setting slow times after choosing to run used super-softs for their first run, were always in danger of missing the cut.
- They were bumped down to 11th and 12th when Massa and Bottas improved on fresh rubber.
- Button was able to improve on his second run, but a lock-up at the hairpin cost him time and he missed the cut by 23 thousandths of a second, ending up 11th.
- Vergne was unable to improve on his second run, complaining about front-end grip and suffering a costly lock-up, meaning he qualified 11th.
- Force India pairing Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez also both failed to improve on their second runs, ending up 13th and 15th respectively.
- They were split by Esteban Gutierrez, showing a strong turn of pace in the upgraded Sauber.
- Romain Grosjean was slowest of those who made it to Q2, complaining vociferously over the radio about an engine problem that cost him time.
- Adrian Sutil came close to escaping Q1, but failed to relegate Perez into the dropzone with his final lap in the first segment of qualifying and ended up 17th.
- Pastor Maldonado blamed a power unit problem on his final run for failing to reach Q2.
- He was unable to fully recharge the battery, meaning he was lacking full power on his final lap, ending up 18th, behind Jules Bianchi.
- The Frenchman put in a superb lap on his final effort to jump ahead of team-mate Max Chilton, who ended up 21st, with Caterham driver Kamui Kobayashi doing a good job to separate the pair.
- Marcus Ericsson joined the session late after the Caterham team had to work flat out to solve an electrical problem that had struck in free practice, ending up last.
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m45.681s -
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m45.688s 0.007s
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m45.854s 0.173s
4 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull/Renault 1m45.902s 0.221s
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m45.907s 0.226s
6 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m46.000s 0.319s
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m46.170s 0.489s
8 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m46.187s 0.506s
9 Kevin Magnussen McLaren/Mercedes 1m46.250s 0.569s
10 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso/Renault 1m47.362s 1.681s
11 Jenson Button McLaren/Mercedes 1m46.943s 1.262s
12 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso/Renault 1m46.989s 1.308s
13 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m47.308s 1.627s
14 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber/Ferrari 1m47.333s 1.652s
15 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m47.575s 1.894s
16 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Renault 1m47.812s 2.131s
17 Adrian Sutil Sauber/Ferrari 1m48.324s 2.643s
18 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Renault 1m49.063s 3.382s
19 Jules Bianchi Marussia/Ferrari 1m49.440s 3.759s
20 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham/Renault 1m50.405s 4.724s
21 Max Chilton Marussia/Ferrari 1m50.473s 4.792s
22 Marcus Ericsson Caterham/Renault 1m52.287s 6.606s
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