Good afternoon and welcome to LIVE commentary of qualifying from the United States Grand Prix.

And that's it from Austin - join us back here tomorrow for live coverage of the GP starting at 19.00 GMT.

Outrageous stuff from Vettel who flew past and through the last sector to take pole with a time of 1:36.338.

Hulkenberg's time of 1:37.296 sees him 1.007 quicker than Hamilton.

Grosjean goes third now - 1:37.155 looks enough for him to keep that spot.

Webber, on provisional pole, is flying with his team mate Vettel slower in the first and second sectors - this could be Webber's third pole out of the last four.

Bottas struggles in the second two sectors and he has to settle for third with a 1:37.836.

Vettel sets off in his final set of mediums.

Kovalainen's time of 1:38.171 sees him in fifth before Bottas, who is yet to set a time, goes fastest in the first sector.

Grosjean had to come into the pits but is back out now.

Grosjean is in third with a 1:37.976.

Vettel 0.152 shy of the time of his team mate as he comes in second with a 1:36.699.

Webber goes 1:36.699 with Sergio Perez in the McLaren sitting in second with a 1:38.074.

The Red Bulls are out pretty quickly here with Alonso and Hamilton in the pits.

And here we go - it is a straight shootout.

Bottas is fourth behind Alonso with the Red Bulls locking out the top two - again.

Ricciardo, D Resta, Button, Rosberg, Massa and Vergne the men who are out.

Kovalainen is in tenth with a 1:38.078.

Button's 1:38.217 sees him 12th and he is out.

Grosjean is fifth but does not have enough fuel to come back out so will have to settle with 1:37.523.

The flag is out as Vergne crosses the line and he will start 16th tomorrow.