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Ferrari's Vettel gets pole position at F1 Singapore GP

Xinhua, September 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

German driver Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari on Saturday managed to get a best lap time of 1 minute and 43.885 seconds at the qualifying session for Singapore Grand Prix.

Vettel led final free practice for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday, and kept the momentum to the qualifying. The German driver ranked the third place with a time of 1 minute 46.017 seconds when Q1 ended.

He drove quicker and quicker in the later race. At the end of Q2, Vettel become the first with a time of 1 minute 44.743 seconds, and maintained the leading position at last.

"Unbelievable! It was looking pretty good right from the offset. The car was fantastic to drive." Vettel said just when the qualifying ended. He said he enjoyed the moment at the post race press conference.

"I had a near perfect lap at the end. We are in a great place for tomorrow, but I'm sure Mercedes and the Red Bulls will be quick tomorrow." Vettel said.

Vettel's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who ranked the third place, said, "I'm a bit surprised. Hopefully we'll get two cars on the podium."

"Definitely made a lot of progress since Budapest. Car has really come alive." said Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, who ranked the second place in the qualifying.

Ferrari and Red Bull made spectacular performances at Singapore Grand Prix, while Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton failed in his attempt to equal Ayrton Senna's record of eight successive poles.

Singapore Grand Prix is the Round 13 of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship, which is the only street racing held at night in the world, with gorgeous night scene around the current Marina Bay Street Circuit.

The track is 5.065 kilometers long with 23 corners spread over. This year, the track has been realigned between turns 10 and 13, and now uses the left hand side of the Anderson Bridge. Besides the enclosed nature of the track with many corners, the high temperatures in Singapore also challenged the drivers.

Hamilton has been in control of the Drivers' Championship standings with 53 points in hand over nearest rival, Mercedes' Rosberg. The Briton also carries the momentum of two consecutive wins with him into this week. Ferrari's Vettel ranked the third place with 178 points.

As for the constructors' championship standings, Mercedes AMG Petronas has anchored the first place with 451 points, followed by Scuderia Ferrari and Williams Martini Racing, gaining 270 points and 188 points respectively. Endi