The glitz and the glamour of the Formula 1 met the even bigger glitz and glamour of the Singapore nightlife, Asia's equivalent to Monaco except with the race being held in the night. The big news before any racing had started was that Pedro De La Rosa of Sauber had been dropped and veteran Nick Heidfeld was in to replace him. Hispania's controversy continued as Yamamoto was apparently ill and unable to race so to replace him they didn't decide to choose Chandhok (the original Hispania driver), they called upon a Christian Klien who hadn't raced since 2006. Hulkenberg was also faced with a five place penalty for an engine change so needed to qualify high.
The shock of Q1 saw Felipe Massa witness a gearbox failure which meant he was out of the session and will start last on the grid tomorrow. The usual suspects then followed: Senna in 23rd won't be happy that new boy Klien finished ahead of him in 22nd. 21st was Trulli of Lotus followed by Di Grassi of Virgin. Trulli's teammate Kovalainen qualified 19th with Glock of Virgin winning the battle of the new constructors in 18th.
Q2 saw Hulkenberg qualify 12th which means he will start 17th on tomorrow's grid. Force India won't be happy with their qualifying as Liuzzi and Sutil finished 17th and 16th respectively but get pushed up a place thanks to Hulkenberg. Nick Heidfeld's return to racing saw him finish 15th but will start 14th and Toro Rosso's Buemi finished 14th, therefore starting 13th tomorrow. The other driver to be pushed up a place is Renault's Petrov who failed to finish the session but posted a time worthy of finishing 13th. Toro Rosso's Alguersuari was the other driver to fall from Q2 in eleventh.
The results in Q3 are as follows: 10. Kobayashi (Sauber), 9. Schumacher (Mercedes), 8. Kubica (Renault), 7. Rosberg (Mercedes), 6. Barrichello (Wiliams), 5. Webber (Red Bull), 4. Button (McLaren),3. Hamilton (McLaren), 2. Vettel (Red Bull), 1. Alonso (Ferrari). So Alonso keeps his championship dreams alive with pole position and current leader Webber has it all to do starting from fifth to keep his lead from Hamilton and the rest.
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