Qualifying: Hamilton pips Button to pole

Lewis Hamilton will bid farewell to McLaren from the front of the Brazilian GP grid having pipped Jenson Button to pole position

The McLaren driver, who is off to Mercedes next season, had dominated Friday's running before losing out to Button in final practice.

As such many expected a battle of the McLarens for pole position and that's exactly what we got as Hamilton posted a 1:12.458 to beat Button by 0.05s.

Mark Webber was third quickest, 0.123s off the pace, while Sebastian Vettel could only manage fourth.

The German, though, won't be too upset as his title rival, Fernando Alonso, is down in eighth place.

Times
01 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:12.458
02 Jenson Button McLaren 1:12.513 0.055
03 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:12.581 0.123
04 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:12.760 0.302
05 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:12.987 0.529
06 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:13.174 0.716
07 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:13.206 0.748
08 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:13.253 0.795
09 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus 1:13.298 0.840
10 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:13.489 1.031
11 Paul di Resta Force India 1:14.121
12 Bruno Senna Williams 1:14.219
13 Sergio Perez Sauber 1:14.234
14 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:14.334
15 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:14.380
16 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:14.574 
17 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:14.619
18 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:16.967
19 Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:17.073
20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:17.086
21 Timo Glock Marussia 1:17.508
22 Charles Pic Marussia 1:18.104
23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:19.576 
24 Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:19.699

Source: Planet-F1