McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton claimed the 20th pole position of his Formula 1 career with a stellar fast lap in Melbourne.

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton jumped to the top of the final free practice standings this morning, thanks to late effort at Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit.

Sebastian Vettel claimed his twelfth pole position of 2011 at Suzuka on Saturday, just narrowing out McLaren’s Jenson Button.

Jenson Button topped the third practice session before the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday morning. The McLaren ace set a best of 1:31.255, giving the Briton a half-second advantage over teammate Lewis Hamilton.

Sebastian Vettel scored his 11th pole position of the season at Singapore’s Marina Bay circuit on Saturday, creating a very real possibility of the Red Bul pilot collecting most poles in a season.

Mark Webber was quickest in the final practice session prior to the Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay, with a time that proved to be narrowly faster than Jenson Button in the McLaren.

Sebastian Vettel claimed his tenth pole of the season and the twenty-fifth of his career following a stunning performance at Monza.

Sebastian Vettel led a Red Bull 1-2 following third practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The 24-year-old German elbowed teammate Mark Webber off the top of the standings in the final minutes as teams prepared their cars for qualifying.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel secured his eighth pole position of the season ahead of today's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.

As with much of the Friday running, third practice for the Belgian Grand Prix was punctuated by heavy rain showers - yet it was not enough to stop Red Bull's Mark Webber from taking the top spot once again.

As the chequered flag dropped at the Nurburgring, Red Bull garnered yet another pole position - but this time it was Mark Webber that claimed the top spot.