Welcome to live coverage of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi grand prix from Yas Marina!

Thanks for joining us today - we're back tomorrow at 1pm for the race itself. Even though Vettel is on pole for the 14th time this season, it looks like a more competitive race in store.

Vettel... POLE POSITION!! 1:38.481! Never in doubt was it?! That's his 14th pole of the year, after McLaren dominated every single session in practice!

Button 1:38.631... Alonso 1:39.058, Hamilton 1:38.622!! Where's Vettel?

Button fastest through sector one... chequered flag out...

Here we go as the 10 cars come onto their final hot laps... all on soft tyres.

Out they come... Alonso sneaks in front of Hamilton! Vettel looks like he will be the last to go...

Everyone into the pits for a quick tyre change... 1-Hamilton, 2-Vettel, 3-Webber, 4-Button, 5-Alonso, 6-Massa, 7-Rosberg, 8-Schumacher, 9-Sutil, 10-Di Resta.

Massa nowhere, Webber goes second - and VETTEL ONLY GOES P2! Hamilton holds the edge at the moment...

Some hot laps... Button first - 1:39.013. Hamilton 1:38.704. He's had the measure of Button all weekend. Alonso P3.

Schumacher, Sutil and Di Resta are not yet out - Mercedes have told Rosberg he is the only man on prime tyres.

Nico Rosberg is on the harder 'medium' compound. Not sure why you'd bother...

Off we go! It's Q3, 10 minutes to settle the first five rows of the grid!

Q2 ranking: 1-Hamilton, 2-Vettel, 3-Webber, 4-Alonso, 5-Button, 6-Rosberg, 7-Massa, 8-Sutil, 9-Di Resta, 10-Schumacher.

Out in Q2: 11-Perez, 12-Petrov, 13-Buemi, 14-Senna, 15-Alguersuari, 16-Kobayashi, 17-Maldonado (plus a penalty that sends him to the back of the grid).

No improvement for Sutil or Petrov... and Schumacher survives.

Di Resta improves slightly to go eighth, but Sutil betters that immediately...

Chequered flag as Senna goes 13th... men still out on track.

Schumacher is once again on the cusp of elimination in P10 - Sutil and Di Resta are the two in front of him...

In the relegation zone... Perez, Buemi, Alguersuari, Petrov, Kobayashi, Senna, Maldonado (no lap).

Eighth for Paul Di Resta, 1:40.5... he faces an anxious wait.