Nico Hulkenberg caused a sensation by claiming Williams' first pole position for five and a half years in Brazil.
Not since the European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in May 2005 have the Grove-based marque claimed top spot, but Hulkenberg made the most of the unusual conditions at Interlagos to clinch pole.Behind the 23-year-old German are the four main title contenders in Red Bull duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, along with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
The top-10 shoot-out was an astonishing affair, mainly due to the nature of the track that was wet at the start of qualifying, only to develop a dry line with minutes remaining.
That prompted the drivers to switch from intermediates, which they had used throughout Q1, Q2 and for the first run in Q3, to slicks.
