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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2015 57 Sport FORMULA 1 Qualifying: 2015 Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. S. Vettel Ferrari 01:43.885 14 2. D. Ricciardo Red Bull 01:44.428 17 3. K. Raikkonen Ferrari 01:44.667 17 4. D. Kvyat Red Bull 01:44.745 15 5. L. Hamilton Mercedes 01:45.300 16 6. N. Rosberg Mercedes 01:45.415 17 7. V. Bottas Williams 01:45.676 20 8. M. Verstappen Toro Rosso 01:45.798 16 9. F. Massa Williams 01:46.077 19 10. R. Grosjean Lotus 01:46.413 18 11. N. Hulkenberg Force India 01:46.305 12 12. F. Alonso McLaren 01:46.328 12 13. S. Perez Force India 01:46.385 13 14. C. Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso 01:46.894 13 15. J. Button McLaren 01:47.019 12 16. F. Nasr Sauber 01:46.965 8 17. M. Ericsson Sauber 01:47.088 6 18. P. Maldonado Lotus 01:47.323 6 19. W. Stevens Manor 01:51.021 8 20. A. Rossi Manor 01:51.523 8 MCAST reserves the right to accept or refuse in part or in whole, any or all tenders submitted. 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Tenders should be placed in the pre-addressed envelope and deposited in the appropriate tender box at the MCAST Administration Building, at the address below, by no later than Monday 5th October 2015 at 11:00hrs. The Principal of the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology notifies that offers from interested parties will be received for: EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND 3.102 Vettel storms to Singapore pole for Ferrari Sebastian Vettel (GER) Ferrari SF15-T at Formula One World Championship FOR the first time since June of last year, Sunday will see a Grand Prix start without a Mercedes on pole position after Sebastian Vettel clocked the fastest time in qualify- ing at Marina Bay. Vettel won the Ferrari-Red Bull battle, beating Daniel Ricciardo by over half a sec- ond, with Mercedes consigned to the third row of the grid. Kimi Raikkonen was third fastest in the second Ferrari, a fraction up on Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat. Then came the beleaguered Silver Arrows of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Ros- berg, followed by Williams' Valtteri Bottas, Toro Rosso's Max Verstap- pen, Felipe Massa in the second Williams and the Lotus of Romain Grosjean. Q1 had seen Kvyat pip Hamilton for fastest time, 1m 45.340s to 1m 45.765s, but while they had to use supersoft tyres for that, Vettel was third with 1m 46.017s on the softs. Jenson Button squeaked through in the dying moments for McLaren, 1m 46.891s giving him 15th place at the expense of Sauber's Felipe Nasr on 1m 46.965s. His partner Marcus Ericsson also failed to make it on 1m 47.088s and Pastor Maldonado couldn't better 1m 47.323s for Lo- tus. In the Marussia camp, Will Ste- vens jumped ahead of new team mate Alex Rossi on their final runs, with 1m 51.021s to 1m 51.523s. Both have five-place grid penalties for un- scheduled gearbox changes. As Vettel beat Kvyat with 1m 44.743s to 1m 44.979s, Carlos Sainz clobbered the wall with the left-rear of his Toro Rosso in Turn 19 as he, the McLaren drivers and the Force India drivers battled to get through to Q3. The resultant yellow flags ruined that, leaving the order out- side the top 10 as Nico Hulkenberg 1m 46.305s, Fernando Alonso 1m 46.328s, Sergio Perez 1m 46.885s, Sainz 1m 46.894s and Button 1m 47.019s. As Vettel set the pace on the first Q3 runs with 1m 44.305s, things got worse for Mercedes as Hamilton aborted his after running wide over the kerb in Turn 7. Ricciardo was second, Raikkonen third and Kvyat fourth. The second runs merely con- firmed the order, as Ricciardo trimmed down to 1m 44.428s for second, Raikkonen stayed on 1m 44.667s, and Kvyat improved only marginally to 1m 44.745s. Hamil- ton, however, jumped from ninth to fifth with 1m 45.300s, as Rosberg failed to improve on 1m 45.415s. Right at the end, Vettel emphasised his superiority when he slammed round in 1m 43.885s to take his first pole since Brazil 2013. Ferrari's last pole was Germany 2012. Bottas took seventh for Williams with 1m 45.676s, as Verstappen's 1m 45.798s gave Toro Rosso eighth. Massa was a disappointing ninth on 1m 46.077s, as Grosjean com- pleted the top 10 for Lotus with 1m 46.413s. Thus the provisional grid will line up: Vettel, Ricciardo; Raikkonen, Kvyat; Hamilton, Rosberg; Bot- tas, Verstappen; Massa, Grosjean; Hulkenberg, Alonso; Perez, Sainz; Button, Nasr; Ericsson, Maldonado; Stevens, Rossi. Hamilton: Tyres 'aren't working' for Mercedes LEWIS Hamilton complained that his tyres "aren't working" after a below-par qualifying performance at the Singapore Grand Prix. Having struggled throughout free practice, Hamilton could only qualify fifth at Marina Bay, just ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton says a weekend-long struggle to get heat into both the Super Soft and Soft tyre compounds have hindered Mer- cedes. "The tyres for some reason aren't working on our car – it's weird," said Hamilton, as he re- flected on qualifying. "You heat them up the same as everyone else, you do your warm-up laps same as everyone else, and then you finish the lap, and you see somebody else a sec- ond up the road." Hamilton has not given up hope of fighting for the victory in tomorrow's race, but admits it will be difficult to match the race pace displayed by Ferrari and Red Bull in practice. "The goal is still to win the race, but it's very hard to over- take here," he explained. "Another thing is the Red Bulls are incredibly quick over the long runs. "It is what it is and we will fight as hard as we can. I doubt we're going to find something between now and tomorrow, but if we do, great."