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There is a record in danger of not being equalled today.

Lewis Hamilton is gunning for an eighth consecutive pole position, which would put him level with Ayrton Senna's all-time record.

If Mercedes' Twitter feed is anything to go by, the team would appear to be more than a little concerned about the challenge from their rivals today...

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Speaking of Fernando Alonso, he loves a bit of Singapore. He has finished in the points in all seven previous races, climbing the podium in five of those.

He was seventh fastest in final practice earlier today, just 0.014s slower than the best effort from Nico Rosberg, who was P7.

Pretty much synonymous with the Singapore Grand Prix is the controversy that surrounded its inaugural race back in 2008.

A Nelson Piquet Jr crash early on brought out the safety car, allowing Fernando Alonso, who had started 15th and pitted early, to gain time on the rest of the field.

Once the race restarted Alonso was fifth and eventually worked his way up into first place, where he stayed for the remainder of the race.

Want to know more about that race? Then watch the highlights here.

Ferrari and Red Bull are not the only ones who are showing pace in Singapore, with the local population the fastest walkers in the world.

There's plenty more interesting and quirky stats in our Singapore GP preview feature.

Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer

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“There have been some tweaks to the Marina Bay track this year, with Turns 11 and 12 eased and the route over the famous Anderson Bridge tweaked in the hope of creating an overtaking opportunity into the previously very tight Turn 13 after the bridge. but they have not met with universal approval from the drivers. 

"Fernando Alonso was quite positive, saying ‘it should be safer’ and feeling that overtaking would be easier, with different lines possible into Turn 13. And as no-one is better at overtaking than him, it’s worth listening. 

"However, Lewis Hamilton said he ‘didn’t like’ the modifications, and Jenson Button agreed. ‘I don’t think it will make much difference tho overtaking,’ Button said, ‘and the bit before the bridge where it is just a concrete barrier, I’m sure there is more of an angle than it looks but it looks like the barrier is straight ahead of you. Last year it was more of an adrenaline rush, narrower, but still felt good, felt right, whereas now it doesn’t feel quite right.’” 

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Lewis Hamilton can write his name in the history books (again) this weekend because victory would draw him level with Ayrton Senna on 41 wins from 161 races.

There's just the small matter of qualifying to get through first though. Just how important is pole position for Hamilton?

"You can't overtake here," he said on Friday.

Pretty important then.

Some top, top multi-screen action from Shaun here. 

He has a point, though, plenty going on and we have it all covered.

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Sebastian Vettel caught up with some old friends at Red Bull on Friday. The German won three Singapore GPs in a row with the team from 2011. He also boasts the most poles on the circuit with three. Will he claim number four today?

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One hour of qualifying gets under way at 14:00 BST, and you can listen to online commentary from five minutes before.

Then, qualifying highlights will be on BBC One and online at 17:10 BST. Saturday sorted.

Right then, this qualifying session is possibly the hardest one of the season to predict. How do you see it going? Could we be on for a Ferrari or a Red Bull on pole, or do you fancy Mercedes to pull it out of the bag?

Let us know via #bbcf1,, external text in on 81111 (UK only) and have your say on the BBC Sport Facebook page. 

Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer

“What is going on with Mercedes? That is the big question heading into qualifying. 

"Is their apparent lack of pace an elaborate bluff and they will, as Daniel Ricciardo said on Friday, make ‘fools’ of everyone when it matters? If so, it doesn’t look like it at the moment. If it is not a bluff, what’s wrong? 

"The drivers are complaining of a lack of grip and traction. But why? There have been murmurings about the raised minimum tyre pressures this weekend, but other teams have rejected that as a cause. Whatever it is, it seems inconceivable that the team can have lost 1.5 seconds a lap on their rivals in the space of 10 days.” 

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Hello! Welcome to our coverage of qualifying for theSingapore Grand Prixand, I don't know about you, but I'm really looking forward to this one!

Sebastian Vettel finished fastest in final practice, with his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen second.

But it was the performance of the Mercedes that was really interesting as Lewis Hamilton was more than a second slower than Vettel while Nico Rosberg finished up only a smidge faster than Fernando Alonso. 

It may 'only' have been practice, but it certainly sets things up for a fascinating session of qualifying.