Welcome to our LIVE coverage of qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.

Thanks for joining us for a dramatic, rain-soaked qualifying. No doubt we can expect more of the same in the race tomorrow - the action starts at 9am... unless the track is under water once again, of course. See you then!

LEWIS HAMILTON ON POLE! The Mercedes driver equals Jim Clark's British record of pole positions in F1, with 33. That record has stood since 1964!

Rosberg only third as he crosses the line - and Lewis Hamilton is on pole position for the second race running!

Magnusson doesn't improve his time either, Button comes into the pits after a poor one.. but here's Rosberg...

Raikkonen crosses only 7th quickest - missed chance.

Hamilton comes off the track on turn four - he won't improve either!

Huge miscalculation for Vettel - no improvement for Vettel, who waited too long to get on the gas.

Still the same sequence at the top - Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg. All except Vettel get over the line for one more flying lap!

Hamilton comes into the pits - Rosberg queing behind him. Both will cross the line for their final flying laps just as the clock runs down. Both men on full wet tyres - rain starting to get heavier once more.

Cars coming in and out for one last set of fresh tyres - none of the teams quite knows where the crossover point is with the 2014 wet tyres, which are far better this season on semi-dry tracks than they've ever been before.

Kimi Raikkonen being told to stay out on the track, but he's grumbling on the radio that his rear tyres are goners.

Huge McLaren gamble - and it could work out well, as Hamilton's next flying lap is a quarter of a second slower than his best. Rosberg goes off at turn seven in his effort - and he'll have to trash that lap.

Button is cruising round carefully, keeping his car smooth and slow, but up to temperature - he's convinced that his intermediates will allow him to steal a march on the field...

Alonso crosses the line - and goes second - but now Vettel crosses the line too- and he's second quickest now instead! Just 0.055 behind Hamilton!

Hamilton in with a 1:59.431, Rosberg second quickest - but nearly a second down.

Raikkonen will be the first man to set a time here - and it's a 2:01.218, so sure to be usurped imminently. Vergne and Hamilton are about to cross the line...

Jenson Button comes into the pits as well - and he's putting fresh intermediates on!? Throwing caution to the wind, and why not? The McLarens must gamble to get in the top six mix, you'd think.

Raikkonen seemingly doesn't agree - he's out there and setting a time.

Magnusson gets onto the radio and comes straight back in to the pits - "still too wet for intermediates" he tells them.

Q2 gets under way! Most cars on the wet tyres, but Kimi Raikkonen and Kevin Magnusson taking their chances on intermediates.