Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), Nico Rosberg (Williams)

Questions from the floor:

Q: (Paulo Ianieri – La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Lewis, you said before that you were starting to redeem yourself after the crash at Monza. What did you mean by that?

Lewis Hamilton:
I didn't mean too much by it, just that I was very hard on myself after the last race which was well-deserved. Rather than turn up here and say it was just a mistake, I felt that I would like to lift myself back up, lift the team back up and in a way show an apology to the team by getting a good result and so that's why I'm quite happy with today. It's not always possible but obviously we got pole position and when you do get that you can say thanks to the team, that was for you.

Q: (Michael Schmidt – Auto Motor und Sport)
Nico, in Q2 you did a 41.1s in the second sector which was 0.3s faster than anybody else and also much faster than on any other lap you did. What was so special about this lap and this sector?

LH:
He cut the chicane!

Nico Rosberg:
No, I just really got it together. Before that there was always a little mistake here and there and I just didn't get the best out of it, and on that lap I just completely nailed every corner out there and it was just fantastic and I guess that's how it came together. I was not quite so happy with the last sector, because Sebastian was again 0.3s quicker in that part although at the end of the session when the track was better... I was struggling a little bit more in the last sector but I don't know, it just all came together really well.

Q: (Sudhir Chandran – Chequered Flag)
Lewis, how important is this pole in Singapore? You seem particularly pleased with yourself after this result.

LH:
I'm always happy with a pole position. We've had a very, very tough year and even though we've got updates on the car, we're still not clearly the fastest and always right at the front easily. We're still pushing and pushing as hard as we can, so when you finally get another pole position it's a great feeling. It's the perfect position to start from for the race weekend. We really didn't expect it, so it's always a surprise, it's always a real pleasure and it's great. Like I said, it's a good boost for all the team. And what a great place here; I would love to win in Singapore. It is a great place. The second night race here, so I would love to win, but we will have to wait and see tomorrow. We're going to have to push very, very hard. It's going to be a tough race, for sure, with these guys.

Q: (Ralf Bach – R&B)
Lewis, if I look at the time difference between you and your team-mate, it seems that you have two totally different strategies. Is that the case?

LH:
I don't know what Heikki is on if I'm honest. Sometimes we know exactly what we're on. Rather than say what we're doing in Q3 and just knowing that we're going to be in Q3, I would rather just get through Q1 and Q2 first and then when I got to Q3 I found out what lap I was going to… I didn't ask what Heikki was going to do. Usually we're quite close. I spoke to him afterwards. I don't know if he got the lap out but I don't think there is going to be a huge difference.

Q: (Heikki Kulta – Turun Sanomat)
Nico, would a safety car situation like last year help you onto the podium or would it be a disadvantage in tomorrow's race?

Nico Rosberg:
I think it would be a disadvantage, for sure, because I can definitely get a podium without a safety car and you never know what's going to happen with a safety car. So I would say it's a disadvantage, for sure.

Q: (Paolo Ianieri – La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Lewis, you're the reigning World Champion. How do you see the Button situation because it looks like the car is there, and everybody was expecting him to be fighting for the pole position but he's pretty far behind. Do you think he's suffering some pressure, he's afraid of winning and he's finding the situation particularly tough?

LH:
Firstly, I wish I was up there, being able to compete with these guys for the World Championship. It's great to be up here but what I would give to be able to take this car back to earlier on this season, to at least have a fair battle with these guys but that's all in the past, we look forward. But what I can say about Jenson? You can't forget that he won six races. He has dominated for quite a lot of the season and Brawn have dominated for quite a lot of the season. It is intense. Everyone is pushing, everyone is making steps forward, so the gap that they used to have is clearly much greater a while ago, but everyone's closing the gap. The times between all us drivers, us teams, are getting closer and closer. I don't know the answer as to what's going on. I didn't see what happened to them today, but I know that they are pushing as hard as they can and without a doubt, they clearly won the last race, so it's not like that they don't have the pace and they are losing it. It's just one of those racing experiences.