Sao Paulo, Brazil – Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's season-ending Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix on pole position in his farewell to McLaren, with teammate Jenson Button alongside.
Red Bull's championship leader Sebastian Vettel qualified fourth on Saturday with his sole title rival, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, lining up in eighth place.
Vettel, chasing his third title in a row, leads Alonso by 13 points.
The pole was McLaren's first in Brazil since Mika Hakkinen in 2000 and the team's 62nd front-row lockout. – Reuters
GRID
1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren
2. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren
3. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault
4. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault
5. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari
6. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - Renault
7. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - Mercedes
8. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari
9. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus - Renault
10. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes
11. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India - Mercedes
12. Bruno Senna (Brazil) Williams - Renault
13. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari
14. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes
15. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber - Ferrari
16. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso - Ferrari
17. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari
18. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault
19. Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham - Renault
20. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham - Renault
21. Timo Glock (Germany) Marussia - Cosworth
22. Charles Pic (France) Marussia - Cosworth
23. Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT - Cosworth
24. Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) HRT - Cosworth