<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Njengoba la maqembu ebuyela e - Asia, kwagxila emncintiswaneni wokunqoba. ULewis Hamilton wazibeka esimweni esihle kakhulu sokulwa noFernando Alonso, wafaneleka esendaweni yokugcina kuyilapho u-Alonso akwazi ukuphatha indawo yesihlanu kuphela. Emncintiswaneni owawufuna ukuzikhandla kakhulu ngokomzimba onyakeni, amaqembu alwa ukuze athole indawo esigabeni sokuqala seGrand Prix, ezama ukuzilungiselela imijaho eyishumi yokugcina. Lapho nje abashayeli beqala ukulinganisa ijubane, igiya likaHamilton lahluleka, okwamkhipha emncintiswaneni futhi kwaholela uSebastian Vettel. Umjaho wancishiswa ngama-lap amabili ukuze uhambisane nomkhawulo wesikhathi wamahora amabili we-Grand Prix kulandela ukungenelela kwezimoto zokuphepha isikhathi eside; okokuqala, uNarain Karthikeyan wangena ngaphansi kwezithiyo ezingaphansi kwezigcawu emjikelezweni wama-30, ephoqa imoto yokuphepha ukuthi isatshalaliswe. Abashayeli babenethuba elincane lokuzizwa bekhululekile ekuqalisweni kabusha, njengoba uMichael Schumacher engalinganisanga kahle iphuzu lakhe lokuvimba ekugcineni kwe-Esplanade Bridge, wagxumela ngemuva kukaJean-Éric Vergne futhi wasebenzisa imoto yokuphepha okwesibili engozini eyayicishe ifane nokushayisana kwakhe noSergio Pérez ngo-2011. Kamuva wanikezwa inhlawulo yezindawo eziyishumi ngenxa  <response>: Umklomelo WaseJapane. UVettel walawula umjaho kusukela ekuqaleni kwesibili, washaya uJenson Button waya emgqeni, ukuze anqobe okwesibili kule sizini futhi owokuqala kusukela kuBahrain Grand Prix ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ezedlule. U-Alonso wagcwalisa ipodiyamu, egcina ukuhola kwakhe emqhudelwaneni ngemuva kokuzivikela kuPaul di Resta ngasekupheleni komjaho. Kwezinye izindawo, uchungechunge lokuthatha umhlalaphansi kufaka phakathi inkinga yenjini sekwephuzile kaBruno Senna, okushiye iBrazil nokushiswa okuncane emhlane wakhe kanye nochungechunge lwezingxabano ezibandakanya uMark Webber, uNico Hülkenberg, Kamui Kobayashi noSergio Pérez njengoba belwela izikhundla zamaphuzu amancane bavumela uTimo Glock ukuthi aqede eyishumi nambili, umphumela wabona uMarussia ethatha indawo yeshumi kuWorld Constructors Championship evela eCaterham. 