Red Bull's Mark Webber coped best with the wet conditions in Sepang to claim pole position for Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.

Webber took advantage of the likes of Ferrari and McLaren misjudging the conditions as he emerged from the pits with intermediates tyres in drying conditions to set a lap time which was over a second clear of the rest of the field.

The Australian will start the race ahead of Mercedes GP's Nico Rosberg and his Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel in third.

World championship leader Fernando Alonso will start from 19th in his Ferrari with his team-mate Felipe Massa down in 21st.

Jenson Button could only follow up his win in Australia last weekend with 17th place for McLaren.

Team-mate and fellow Brit Lewis Hamilton will start from 20th place on an unusual looking grid.

Elsewhere, Force India's Adrian Sutil produced an impressive drive to finish fourth while Nico Hulkenberg was fifth fastest for Williams.

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will start the race from eighth spot in his Mercedes.

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