Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel beat Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso to pole position at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Vettel dominated in soaking conditions that delayed the start of the final session by nearly an hour. The world champion was 0.623 seconds quicker than Rosberg, with Alonso a further 0.437secs adrift.
Mark Webber starts his final race with Red Bull in fourth position ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Lotus’s Romain Grosjean. Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne qualified seventh and eighth with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa ninth ahead of Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg.
