Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2013-03-24
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:49.674 lap.
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.913s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Sergio Pérez (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 4.462s — pole to P10 — with Sergio Pérez (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:37.899 | 1:37.245 | 1:49.674 | 1:49.674 |
| 2 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:37.712 | 1:36.874 | 1:50.587 | +0.913 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.314 | 1:36.877 | 1:50.727 | +1.053 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:37.513 |
| 1:36.517 |
| 1:51.699 |
| +2.025 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.619 | 1:36.449 | 1:52.244 | +2.570 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37.239 | 1:36.190 | 1:52.519 | +2.845 |
| 7 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:36.959 | 1:36.640 | 1:52.970 | +3.296 |
| 8 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:37.487 | 1:37.117 | 1:53.175 | +3.501 |
| 9 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:36.809 | 1:36.834 | 1:53.439 | +3.765 |
| 10 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | McLaren | 1:37.702 | 1:37.342 | 1:54.136 | +4.462 |
| 11 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:37.363 | 1:37.636 | — | — |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:37.931 | 1:38.125 | — | — |
| 13 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:37.722 | 1:38.822 | — | — |
| 14 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:37.707 | 1:39.221 | — | — |
| 15 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:37.493 | 1:44.509 | — | — |
| 16 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:37.867 | — | — | — |
| 17 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:38.157 | — | — | — |
| 18 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:38.207 | — | — | — |
| 19 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:38.434 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1:39.314 | — | — | — |
| 21 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:39.672 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:39.932 | — | — | — |