Vettel flies to pole in wet qualifying

Even an Interlagos downpour could not stop Sebastian Vettel as the 2013 Formula 1 champion took Brazilian Grand Prix pole by six tenths of a second.

The Red Bull driver utterly dominated a Q3 session delayed by 45 minutes due to intense rainfall.

Although Romain Grosjean briefly held provisional pole by virtue of taking intermediates before anyone else, Vettel’s first lap on that rubber put him 1.1s clear of all his rivals.

Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso were left to battle for second place, with the Mercedes eventually taking it and trimming Vettel’s advantage to 0.623s.

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Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:25.381 1:26.420 1:26.479 23
2 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:25.556 1:26.626 1:27.102 22
3 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.656 1:26.590 1:27.539 21
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.689 1:26.963 1:27.572 23
5 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.342 1:26.698 1:27.677 23
6 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.453 1:26.161 1:27.737 22
7 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:27.209 1:27.078 1:28.052 24
8 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:27.124 1:27.363 1:28.081 25
9 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:26.817 1:27.049 1:28.109 20
10 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.071 1:27.441 1:29.582 21
11 7 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:26.266 1:27.456 21
12 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:26.275 1:27.798 16
13 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:26.790 1:27.954 16
14 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.741 1:28.269 15
15 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.398 1:28.308 15
16 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:26.874 1:28.586 19
17 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:27.367 12
18 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.445 14
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:27.843 6
20 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:28.320 6
21 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.366 11
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:28.950 11
Q1 107% Time 1:31.315