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Singapore – Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) lead the 24 car field in the qualifying Saturday at the Marina Bay Street Circuit to claim pole position in Sunday night’s 2012 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton’s lap of 1:46.362 in the third stage of qualifying bested Venezuelan Pastor Maldanado’s (Williams-Renault) time of 1:46.804 by near a 1/2 second and German Sebastian Vettel’s (Red Bull-Renault) time of 1:46.905 whom finished third. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) rounded out the second line with strong mark of 1:46.939.
Current Formula One World Championship points leader Spain’s Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) placed fifth with a time of 1:47.216. Alonso’s Ferrari couldn’t seem to keep the pace with McLaren-Mercedes team who have been running hot as late taking it’s fourth straight pole and sixth of the season (this is Hamilton’s fifth pole).
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