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Setelah mencatatkan hasil bagus pada sesi latihan bebas kedua dan ketiga, Sebastian Vettel berhasil melengkapi catatan manisnya di sesi kualifikasi, Sabtu (21/9). Vettel finis tercepat dan berhak mengawali balapan di posisi terdepan Grand Prix Singapura.
Keberhasilan Vettel ini membuatnya masuk dalam daftar lima pebalap peraih pole position terbanyak sepanjang masa. Sejak masuk dalam dunia Formula 1 pada 2007, Vettel telah meraih 41 kali pole position. Pebalap asal jerman itu duduk di posisi ketiga setelah Michael Schumacher (68) dan Ayrton Senna (65).
Berikut hasil lengkap sesi kualifikasi :
| Pos | Pebalap | Tim | Waktu | Selisih |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m42.841s | |
| 2. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m42.932s | +0.091s |
| 3. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m43.058s | +0.217s |
| 4. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m43.152s | +0.311s |
| 5. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m43.152s | +0.413s |
| 6. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m43.890s | +1.049s |
| 7. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m43.938s | +1.097s |
| 8. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m44.282s | +1.441s |
| 9. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m44.439s | +1.589s |
| 10. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | No time set | |
| Q2 cut-off time: 1m44.555s Gap ** | ||||
| 11. | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m44.555s | +1.650s |
| 12. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m44.588s | +1.683s |
| 13. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m44.658s | +1.753s |
| 14. | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m44.752s | +1.847s |
| 15. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m45.185s | +2.280s |
| 16. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m45.388s | +2.483s |
| Q1 cut-off time: 1m45.982s Gap ** | ||||
| 17. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m46.121s | +1.925s |
| 18. | Pastor Maldonado | William-Renault | 1m46.619s | +2.423s |
| 19. | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1m48.111s | +3.915s |
| 20. | Giedo van der Garde | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m48.320s | +4.124s |
| 21. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m48.830s | +4.634s |
| 22. | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m48.930s | +4.734s |
107% time: 1m51.489s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2