Red Bull continues to set the pace in the qualifying sessions. Sebastian Vettel took the pole in Singapore, with 1:44.381, as his teammate Mark Webber was 2nd, about 4 tenths of a second behind, beating McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, for less than a tenth. Jenson Button was 3rd with 1:44.804 as teammate Lewis Hamilton was 4th, extremely close to Button, with 1:44.809. Fernando Alonso will start 5th, after finishing a lap of 1:44.874, also very close to the previous 3 drivers. Teammate Felipe Massa was 6th. The Mercedes will follow with Nico Rosberg in 7th place and Michael Schumacher in 8th place. Force India completed the first 10, with Adrian Sutil in 9th place and Paul di Resta in 10th.

The results are as follows:

1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:44.381
2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:44.732
3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.804
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:44.809
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:44.874
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:45.800
7 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:46.013
8 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:46.043
9 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:47.093
10 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:47.486
11 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:47.616
12 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:48.082
13 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:48.270
14 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:48.634
15 Bruno Senna Renault 1:48.662
16 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:49.862
17 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:48.054
18 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:49.835
19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:50.948
20 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:51.012
21 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:52.154
22 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:52.363
23 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1:52.404
24 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:52.810