Sebastian Vettel set himself up for a third victory in India and a sixth consecutive 2013 success by clocking the fastest-ever lap around the Buddh International Circuit in India on Saturday afternoon.
The Red Bull driver, who can clinch a fourth world title by finishing fifth or higher in Sunday’s race, clocked a lap of 1m 24.119s on the soft tyre – seven-tenths quicker than Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, who qualified in second ahead of team mate Lewis Hamilton.
Mark Webber was fourth fastest in the other Red Bull, but could prove to be Vettel’s biggest challenger in the race after opting for a different strategy to his team mate and qualifying on the much more durable medium-compound tyre. Formula1.com
Pos | No | Driver | Team |
1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault |
2 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
3 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault |
5 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari |
6 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault |
7 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari |
8 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
9 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes |
10 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes |
11 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari |
12 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes |
13 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes |
14 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari |
15 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault |
16 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari |
17 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault |
18 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault |
19 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth |
20 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault |
21 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault |
22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth |