<p>Sebastian Vettel continued his imperious march towards a fourth consecutive Formula One world championship by storming to pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday after dominating the two days of practice.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Red Bull driver, who is 53 points ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with seven races remaining, clocked a fastest lap of one minute 42:841 seconds around the floodlit Marina Bay Street Circuit.<br /><br />The German will be joined on the front row by compatriot Nico Rosberg for Mercedes, who was just 0.091 seconds behind.<br /><br />The second row for Formula One's only night race will be occupied by Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Vettel's Australian team-mate Mark Webber.<br /><br />Lewis Hamilton will start in fifth place in the second Mercedes while Alonso languished in seventh, outqualified by Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa.<br /><br />Like Red Bull and Mercedes, Lotus have a car that suits the rigours of high downforce tracks like Singapore and despite team-mate Kimi Raikkonen nursing a bad back and managing only 13th on the grid, Grosjean drove brilliantly to qualify third.<br /><br />Force India disappoint<br /><br />Sahara Force India continued to struggle as Adrian Sutil will start 15th on the grid and Paul di Resta from 17th.<br /><br />Driver Team Time <br />1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull 1:42.841<br />2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:42.932<br />3. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1:43.058<br />4. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 1:43.152<br />5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:43.254<br />6. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:43.890<br />7. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1:43.938<br />8. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1:44.282<br />9. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso 1:44.439<br />10. Esteban Guitierrez (Mexico) Sauber DNS<br /><br />Other results: 11. Nico Huelkenberg (Sauber, 1:44.555); 12. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso, 1:44.588); 13. Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus, 1:44.658); 14. Sergio Perez (McLaren, 1:44.752); 15. Adrian Sutil (Force India, 1:45.185); 16. Valtteri Bottas (Williams, 1:45.388); 17. Paul Di Resta (Force India, 1:46.121); 18. Pastor Maldonado (Williams, 1:46.619); 19. Charles Pic (Caterham, 1:48.111); 20. Giedo van der Garde (Caterham, 1:48.320); 21. Jules Bianchi (Marussia, 1:48.830); 22. Max Chilton (Marussia, 1:48.930).<br /></p>
<p>Sebastian Vettel continued his imperious march towards a fourth consecutive Formula One world championship by storming to pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday after dominating the two days of practice.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Red Bull driver, who is 53 points ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with seven races remaining, clocked a fastest lap of one minute 42:841 seconds around the floodlit Marina Bay Street Circuit.<br /><br />The German will be joined on the front row by compatriot Nico Rosberg for Mercedes, who was just 0.091 seconds behind.<br /><br />The second row for Formula One's only night race will be occupied by Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Vettel's Australian team-mate Mark Webber.<br /><br />Lewis Hamilton will start in fifth place in the second Mercedes while Alonso languished in seventh, outqualified by Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa.<br /><br />Like Red Bull and Mercedes, Lotus have a car that suits the rigours of high downforce tracks like Singapore and despite team-mate Kimi Raikkonen nursing a bad back and managing only 13th on the grid, Grosjean drove brilliantly to qualify third.<br /><br />Force India disappoint<br /><br />Sahara Force India continued to struggle as Adrian Sutil will start 15th on the grid and Paul di Resta from 17th.<br /><br />Driver Team Time <br />1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull 1:42.841<br />2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:42.932<br />3. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1:43.058<br />4. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 1:43.152<br />5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:43.254<br />6. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:43.890<br />7. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1:43.938<br />8. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1:44.282<br />9. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso 1:44.439<br />10. Esteban Guitierrez (Mexico) Sauber DNS<br /><br />Other results: 11. Nico Huelkenberg (Sauber, 1:44.555); 12. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso, 1:44.588); 13. Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus, 1:44.658); 14. Sergio Perez (McLaren, 1:44.752); 15. Adrian Sutil (Force India, 1:45.185); 16. Valtteri Bottas (Williams, 1:45.388); 17. Paul Di Resta (Force India, 1:46.121); 18. Pastor Maldonado (Williams, 1:46.619); 19. Charles Pic (Caterham, 1:48.111); 20. Giedo van der Garde (Caterham, 1:48.320); 21. Jules Bianchi (Marussia, 1:48.830); 22. Max Chilton (Marussia, 1:48.930).<br /></p>