Lotus, Red Bull and Ferrari appear primed for a three-way battle for pole position at the Malaysian Grand Prix while all teams will try to protect their tyres on the abrasive Sepang Circuit.
Formula 1 | Malaysian Grand Prix
Sepang International Circuit | 23.03.2013
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Top 10: Vettel, Massa, Alonso, Hamilton, Webber, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Button, Sutil, Perez
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Hamilton can still finish his lap... but he's lost time. VETTEL TAKES POLE!
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Massa into second! Outqualifies Massa for the fourth time in a row!
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Alonso smashes into pole by a second! And then Vettel beats him by another second! Wow!
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Raikkonen only good enough for fourth, Sutil sixth. Button then takes it from Sutil.
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Perez steals up to sixth and has another lap - Webber in second and doesn't have time.
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As the curtain comes down on the session - it's Hmailton, Webber, Vettel, Rosberg, Massa, Alonso, Button, Perez, Raikkonen, Sutil - one lap left for every driver...
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Raikkonen, now down in 9th, will only have one quick lap to jump up the standings.
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Perez up to eight, Webber goes top, but Hamilton leapfrogs him with a 1:51.699!
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Webber now on the fastest lap after two sectors, but every driver is out on the circuit and improvements are coming thick and fast.
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Webber claims the other spot on the front row - Button up to seventh - but the times are coming down all the time as conditions improve and the drivers start to trust the grip of the track.
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It appears to have stopped raining, but in five minutes will there be time to gamble and try a slick tyre? You have to go into the pits right now if you're entertaining that.
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Perez eclipses that, but Hamilton and then Rosberg sweep past, before Vettel demolishes all those times - 1:52.576, more than a second clear of the field.
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The rain has eased off a touch, the sun is shining - Sutil posts the opening lap - 1:58.293.
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Sutil begins his timed lap. Should point at the DRS is disabled for the session as a safety measure from race control.
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Hamilton has ventuerd off the road in his outlap. Nothing major, no damage done, but a hint of slippy conditions.
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'We're expecting weather to get better', Rosberg told. We'll see.
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Drivers are on intermediates. Sutil leads them out. Alonso didn't join the queue, but leaves immediately from the garage.
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The drovers queued up at the pit exit to get a lap under their belts straight away - I think that might be almost all 10 in that queue!