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Raikkonen can't improve. P4 for him.
Summary
Vettel to start from fourth Singapore pole; Hamilton in fifth
Red Bulls of Verstappen and Ricciardo will line up second and third
Eliminated Q2: Palmer, Perez, Kvyat, Ocon, Grosjean
Eliminated Q1: Magnussen, Massa, Stroll, Wehrlein, Ericsson
Mercedes' Hamilton leads Ferrari's Vettel by three points in title race
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Verstappen down on Vettel in sector two.
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Max Verstappen will be the first man to go for pole...
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Amit Mandalia: I wondered if we'd see 1:39s but they're comfortable into the 1:39s now!
Kayleigh: This is what we've been waiting for all season. Six amazing drivers fighting for one position.
Rob Shanks: Sainz just had to pip Palmer to Q3, rubbing salt in wounds saying "this is where you should be!"
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Under three minutes to go and the cars are heading out for their final runs.
This is it.
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Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentatorIt was the perfect qualifying lap from Vettel. Just turning the wick up has given him that extra oopmh out of those slow corners.
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As an aside, the small matter of seven tenths between Hamilton and Bottas after those first runs, albeit only good enough to put the Briton in fifth place.
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Alonso is seventh after those first runs, then it's Vandoorne, Hulkenberg and Sainz.
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Ricciardo only third after that first run, then it's Raikkonen and then the two Mercedes cars on row three. You sense that is Mercedes' limit today.
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Hold on, Vettel now blasts across the line and does a fastest time by 0.145s, ending some premature cheers in the Red Bull garage!
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Verstappen goes quickest with a 1:39.8 - ooof.
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A 1:40.069 for Raikkonen to kick things off at the sharp end.
But here comes Hamilton, Verstappen and Vettel...
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Rivlud: That was so surprising why Force India didn't make it to Q3, what's going on here? Hoping they improve for the race.
Alex Withington: If you need a better example of how good the McLaren chassis is take a look - both Williams out in Q3, both Force Indias out in Q2.
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Raikkonen the first of the front runners to attempt a quick lap.
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Postpublished at 14:49 British Summer Time 16 September 2017