Fernando Alonso was disappointed to qualifying only fifth in Singapore today despite producing what he called ‘his best Q3 lap of the whole year’.

Toro Rosso recovered from a difficult Friday in Singapore to get both cars through to Q2 in today’s qualifying session. Sebastien Buemi will start tomorrow’s race from P14, two places higher up the order than team-mate Jaime Alguersuari.

Michael Schumacher said the decision not to complete a flying lap in Q3 this afternoon was ‘tactical’ and designed to save tyres for the tomorrow’s race in Singapore.

Kamui Kobyashi admitted that his accident during Q2 today in Singapore was entirely his fault and has apologised to his Sauber team.

Sebastian Vettel said that he had a ‘perfect’ qualifying session after taking pole by over three tenths of a second from Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber in Singapore today.

Force India qualified both cars in the top ten for the first time this season today in Singapore. Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta will start tomorrow’s grand prix from ninth and tenth respectively.

There were mixed emotions down at Team Lotus after qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix today with Heikki Kovalainen significantly happier than team-mate Jarno Trulli.

Sebastian Vettel secured his eleventh pole position of the season in Singapore today – an ideal start to a weekend where he could wrap up his second drivers’ championship.

Mark Webber tops the timesheets in Free Practice 3 at the Singapore Grand Prix 2011

Neither Toro Rosso driver was completely happy with how Friday practice in Singapore progressed: Jaime Alguersuari did not feel comfortable with his car and had to stop early whilst his team carried out precautionary checks on the car; FP2 finished prematurely for Sebastien Buemi after he hit a wall.

Sauber look in good shape for their weekend in Singapore after Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi finished Friday practice eighth and ninth on the timesheets.

Williams may have finished Friday practice in sixteenth and seventeenth places on the timesheets in Singapore today, but both drivers seem reasonably optimistic that the team can pick things up before qualifying.

Paul di Resta had a less-than-ideal start to his first Singapore Grand Prix weekend, completing only 21 laps over the course of the two Friday practice sessions. The first session was cut short by 30 minutes whilst track repairs were carried out, and by a further 12 minutes after two red flag incidents. The Scot then suffered a technical problem in FP2, and could only complete 8 laps. He finished the day P13 on the timesheets. “It wasn’t the best of days because what I really needed was time on track to help me learn the circuit,” said di Resta.

Narain Karthikeyan’s ‘preparation’ for next month’s Indian Grand Prix began today in Singapore as the 34-year-old took to the track for HRT in Free Practice 1. However, it was not the session that the Indian driver would have wanted: first there was a delay of thirty minutes while repairs to the kerbs were carried out, and then two red flags further reduced his track time by approximately 12 minutes. “It was fantastic to be back in the car today,” said Karthikeyan. “I brushed off all the cobwebs after two and a half months without driving. It was a good session even though being a new track for me it was not ideal.

Singapore Grand Prix 2011: Free Practice 2 Pos No Driver Team Time Laps 1 1  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull 1:46.374 33 Report…

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