Nico Rosberg will be on Pole position for the first time in his career with the 'perfect lap' in qualifying. It's the first Mercedes Pole since 1955 and Michael Schumacher makes it a one-two as Lewis Hamilton received a five place penalty for a gearbox change. That sees Hamilton in seventh with his team-mate, Jenson Button, in fifth. The surprise qualifier of the day was Kamui Kobayashi who will start third ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in the Lotus. Mark Webber sits in between the two McLarens in sixth with Perez making it two Saubers in the top eight. Points leader, Fernando Alonso, will start in ninth with Romain Grosjean in tenth.
The shock in Q2 saw Sebastian Vettel only manage to qualify eleventh with the struggling Felipe Massa in twelfth. The two Williams Cars will be side by side with Pastor Maldonado just ahead of Bruno Senna in in 13th. The two Force Indias do the same with Paul Di Resta out-qualifying Nico Hulkenberg. Daniel Ricciardo was the final man to make it out of Q1 and will start in 17th.
It was the usual six plus one in Q1 but maybe it was no surprise to see a Toro Rosso as the 'plus one'. Jean-Eric Vergne will start behind his team-mate in 18th. Heikki Kovalainen once again out-qualified his Caterham team-mate Vitaly Petrov in places 19 and 20. Timo Glock showed his experience once more, beating Charles Pic in the battle on the penultimate row. The HRTs will again be propping up the pack with Pedro De La Rosa beating Narain Karthikeyan.
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