2012 Singaporean GP (Post-Qualifying)

Hey guys, its me Gerard again, our new author failed to get this done so wish me luck to complete this post-qualy and the pre-race later. So a relatively boring qualifying by my standards, but then again not every GP can be like Spa and Monza. However, this circuit did put on a great show, and some drivers really shone in Singapore.

Lewis Hamilton after topping Q3

Lets move down the order shall we? Lewis Hamilton let his driving do the talking as he blazed through the time sheets to take pole by an unbelievable 0.442sec off the second placed Williams of Pastor Maldonado. Hamilton is pushing hard for a win here to boost his chances of catching Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari F2012. Despite many rumours surrounding Hamilton's 2013 seat, he seems to be giving the GP 110% for McLaren. However, in all 4 of his poles (no including Singapore) he only won once.

Pastor Maldonado in his Williams during FP3

The one-and-only Pastor 'Mad Man' Maldonado has managed to sneak his William's nose into the front row alongside Hamilton. Formula One fans around the world will be praying that he doesn't live up to his name tomorrow and wreak other racer's race. If Maldonado can keep his cool throughout this very challenging circuit in the race he can cause an upset and win his second grand prix.

Sebastian Vettel in his RB8 ready to leave the garage

In third place is Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, slightly disappointing result after showing such pace by topping all of the free practise sessions. But he is still hungry for a race win here. After retiring from the last race at Italy, he has been shunted down to fourth in the drivers standings from second and even further from leader Fernando Alonso. To secure a chance of winning the championship, he needs to score big here.

Jenson Button in his McLaren

Behind Vettel is Jenson Button in the second McLaren, also looking strong this weekend, however he had slight problems with his chassis balance which prevented a all-McLaren front row. He will be eyeing up his teammate for a win maybe? Only the race will tell.







In fifth is championship leader Fernando Alonso. Alonso said in his tweets that this is an average qualifying position for him and he hinted that a win is possible. The dark horses tomorrow is Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus and Pastor Maldonado of Williams. Don't discount the Petronas Mercedes GP team, they are going for a different strategy, by not going out in Q3 on the red side-wall option tires (super softs), they are able to use the yellow side-wall prime tires (softs). This means they are able to stay out longer than the others and maybe go for a two-stop strategy instead of the three-stoppers which we expect most of the other front-runners to use.

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