Sebastian Vettel grabs Hockenheim pole position
Alonso beaten by just two thousandths of a second
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took his sixth pole position in the season at his home Grand Prix at Hockenheim, Germany beating by just two thousandths of a second Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso.
Vettel clocked a best time of 1:13.791, 0.002 seconds quicker than Fernando Alonso (1:13.793) and 0.498 than Felipe Massa (1:14.290).
Mark Webber qualified fourth (1:14.347) ahead of Jenson Button (1:14.427), Lewis Hamilton (1:14.566), Robert Kubica (1:15.079), Rubens Barrichello (1:15.109), Nico Rosberg (1:15.179) and Nico Hulkenberg (1:15.339).
Local hero Michael Schumacher finished eleventh and was followed by Kamui Kobayashi, Vitaly Petrov, Adrian Sutil who’s carrying a five place grid penalty for a gearbox change, Pedro de la Rosa, Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien Buemi.
The qualifying session was red flagged for a few minutes during Q1 when Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi spun on the final corner and crashed into the pit wall, causing major damage to his car.
2010 German Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:
| Pos. | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:15.152 | 1:14.249 | 1:13.791 | 22 |
| 2 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14.808 | 1:14.081 | 1:13.793 | 22 |
| 3 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.216 | 1:14.478 | 1:14.290 | 24 |
| 4 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:15.334 | 1:14.340 | 1:14.347 | 25 |
| 5 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.823 | 1:14.716 | 1:14.427 | 23 |
| 6 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.505 | 1:14.488 | 1:14.566 | 20 |
| 7 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:15.736 | 1:14.835 | 1:15.079 | 23 |
| 8 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:16.398 | 1:14.698 | 1:15.109 | 25 |
| 9 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:16.178 | 1:15.018 | 1:15.179 | 25 |
| 10 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:16.387 | 1:14.943 | 1:15.339 | 22 |
| 11 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:16.084 | 1:15.026 | 18 | |
| 12 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.951 | 1:15.084 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:16.521 | 1:15.307 | 17 | |
| 14 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16.220 | 1:15.467 | 16 | |
| 15 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:16.450 | 1:15.550 | 11 | |
| 16 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:16.664 | 1:15.588 | 14 | |
| 17 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:16.029 | 1:15.974 | 15 | |
| 18 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:17.583 | 12 | ||
| 19 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:18.300 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:18.343 | 6 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18.592 | 10 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.952 | 3 | ||
| 23 | 20 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.844 | 11 | ||
| 24 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | No time | 1 |
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