Lewis Hamilton secures pole for McLaren 1-2 in Malaysian GP in Sepang
Lewis Hamilton again spearheaded an all-McLaren front row on the day Michael Schumacher secured his best grid position for five and a half years.
Lewis Hamilton will start on pole position for the 21st time in his career ahead of his team-mate Jenson Button, giving McLaren their second front-row lockout in two races.
The qualifying session was held in dry conditions this morning.
Michael Schumacher is third in a Mercedes and Mark Webber fourth for Red Bull.
Kimi Raikonnen quailified fifth in the Lotus but will be relegated five places because of a gearbox change. The fifth slot on the grid will be taken by Sebastian Vettel in the second Red Bull – and he is using the harder tyre in a change of strategy from those in front.
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) qualified ninth, having suffered a Kers problem and will start eighth because of Raikonnen’s relegation.
1. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 36.219s
2. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 36.368s
3. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 36.391s
4. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 36.461s
5. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault 1m 36.461s*
6. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 36.634s
7. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1m 36.658s
8. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 36.664s
9. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 37.566s
10. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1m 37.698s
11. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault 1m 37.589s
12. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 37.731s
13. Bruno Senna Brazil Williams-Renault 1m 37.841s
14. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 1m 37.877s
15. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 37.883s
16. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 37.890s
17. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 1m 38.069s
18. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 39.077s
19. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault 1m 39.306s*
20. Vitaly Petrov Russia Caterham-Renault 1m 39.567s
21. Timo Glock Germany Marussia -Cosworth 1m 40.903s
22. Charles Pic France Marussia -Cosworth 1m 41.250s
23. Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth 1m 42.914s
24. Narain Karthikeyan India HRT-Cosworth 1m 43.655s
