Hamilton claims consecutive pole

2012 F1 Malaysian Grand Prix - Qualifying Practice
Lewis Hamilton once again showed his qualifying form and the pace of McLaren by taking pole from his team mate Jenson Button for the second time. The McLaren duo's top form in the second of the year starts to show the advantage McLaren has over rivals Red Bull and Mercedes.

Michael Schumacher was pushed to 3 rd in the grid by Jenson Button but Michael with his Mercedes was in top form during the entire session with his Mercedes particularly very quick in Sector 1 but losing time in sector 3.

Mark Webber will start along Schumacer as the Red Bull made a tactical decision to conserve the cars with Vettel in 6th.

Kimi Raikkonen on the Lotus showed he has not lost any form in the last 2years as he topped the Q2. Kimi out qualified Sebastien Vettel of Red Bull and team mate Romain Grosjean.

Nico Rosberg was promising but had to contend with 8th just ahead of Alonso's struggling Ferrari in 9th. Sergio Perez of Sauber and Pastor Maldonado of Williams were followed by Fellipe Massa (Ferrari)and fellow countryman Bruno Senna (Williams).

The Force India's of Di Resta and Hulkenberg managed only 14th and 16th sandwiching the Torro Rosso of Daniel Ricciardo in 15th. Kobayashi (Sauber) and Vergne (Torro Rosso) clocked 17th and 18th.

The Caterhams of Kovalainen and VItaly Petrov were followed by the Marussias of Timo Glock and Charles Pic. The HRTs of Pedro De la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan managed to qualify for the race clocking within the 107% cut off time.