Things may have been hotting up in the Lotus F1 Team hospitality unit, with the team suffering a fire from a faulty refrigerator, but both drivers stayed cool in qualifying and were able to make it comfortably through to Q3 and line up inside the Top 10.

Kimi Räikkönen had a particularly good session, setting the fastest time in Q2 before finishing Q3 in 5th with an identical time to 4th place man Mark Webber, while Romain Grosjean finished the hour in 7th, one place behind Sebastian Vettel.

Even after Räikkönen’s gearbox penalty both drivers will be lining up in the top 10 on the grid, with Grosjean starting in P6 and Räikkönen P10.

Discussion: SELOC Chat – 2012 Malaysian F1 Qualifying

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