Lewis Hamilton will start the Singapore Grand Prix in pole position after narrowly beating team-mate Nico Rosberg by the smallest of margins and one that James Bond himself would be proud of.
Hamilton’s 1:45.681 was just 0.007 quicker than Rosberg, but those behind aren’t far away with pole looking like a shoot-out between three teams as Ferrari and Red Bull looked competitive whilst Williams weren’t far behind either.
In the end though it was a Mercedes 1-2, with Daniel Ricciardo securing third ahead of his own team-mate Sebastian Vettel.
Fernando Alonso starts fifth ahead of Felipe Massa whilst Kimi Raikkonen couldn’t improve on his first flying lap thanks to a power unit failure in the final minutes of Q3. He starts seventh ahead of Valtteri Bottas.
Kevin Magnussen and Daniil Kvyat complete the top ten as their team-mates could only manage 11th and 12th respectively.
Qualifying – 2014 Singapore Grand Prix
| # | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:46.921 | 1:46.287 | 1:45.681 |
| 02 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:47.244 | 1:45.825 | 1:45.688 |
| 03 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:47.488 | 1:46.493 | 1:45.854 |
| 04 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:47.476 | 1:46.586 | 1:45.902 |
| 05 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:46.889 | 1:46.328 | 1:45.907 |
| 06 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:47.615 | 1:46.472 | 1:46.000 |
| 07 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:46.685 | 1:46.359 | 1:46.170 |
| 08 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:47.196 | 1:46.622 | 1:46.187 |
| 09 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:47.976 | 1:46.700 | 1:46.250 |
| 10 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:47.656 | 1:46.926 | 1:47.362 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:47.161 | 1:46.943 | |
| 12 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:47.407 | 1:46.989 | |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:47.370 | 1:47.308 | |
| 14 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:47.970 | 1:47.333 | |
| 15 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:48.143 | 1:47.575 | |
| 16 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1.47.862 | 1:47.812 | |
| 17 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:48.324 | ||
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:49.063 | ||
| 19 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:49.440 | ||
| 20 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:50.405 | ||
| 21 | Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:50.473 | ||
| 22 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 1:52.287 |
