Webber dominated the Qualifying session with 3rd pole of the season

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German Grand Prix, Nurburgring Circuit, Qualifying Result

It was a thrilling qualifying session as the drivers fight hard for position.

Ultimately, Mark Webber came with the fastest time to set the third pole of the season increasing the tally to 10 out of 10 for Red Bull in 2011. His time of 1min 30.079sec was just onto the limit on the Nurburgring track but could not able to breach the 1min 29sec barrier.

Qualifying was a trouble free session for all with a hefty competition to mark some standards.

As it goes in Q3:

Lewis Hamilton made an amazing comeback in the qualifying with fastest time in Q2 and surprising final lap in Q3 to lodge himself just 5hundredth of a second behind Mark Webber separating the two Red Bulls at P2. As he goes P2, Hamilton says 'Wicked Lap' on the radio.

Sebastian Vettel could not improve his lap time and finished 3rd in the second run of the Q3.

The final top 10 shootout saw Fernando Alonso dropping to 4th even after improving the lap time. He was followed by Felipe Massa who was fastest in Q1.

Nico Rosberg with an amazing single run, dislodged Jenson Button to P7. Button had some problem with the car handling and could not better his time in Q3.

Adrian Sutil in Force India goes faster than Petrov and German fellowmate 7 time world champion Michael Schumacher. Schumacher was having problem with the car handling, and he could not improve much on his single run in the final session.

There were 4 German drivers out of 6 in Top 10 - Vettel, Rosberg, Sutil, Schumacher.

As it goes in Q2:

Q2 was a heck of a session for the mid level teams to get into the Q3. The top 6drivers including that of Mclaren, Red Bull and Ferrari did not made another run as they were positive with the soft tyres the time they set was enought to seek them through Q3.

Fight started for P7-10. It was more of between both the Force Indians, Mercedes and Renault. Nick was into the Q3 but relegated by his teammate Petrov in the end who goes 8th fastest to put Rosberg and Schumacher in P9 and P10. But as the chequered flag was waived in the dying moment, Rosberg went P5 with Petrov on P9 and Schumacher on P10. Di Resta gave up the fight and settled for P12 in the end. With both the Williams out in Q2 and will share 7 grid for the race.

Sergio Perez tried hard for the position in the Sauber but could not get better than P15 in the struggling Sauber. Toro Rosso also struggle for pace and went P16 and P17. There was not much of a fight for qualifying for Sauber, Toro Rosso in the end.

As it goes in Q1:

Q1 was much of a fight between Sauber, Toro Rosso, Kovalainen, Force India and Williams. At one time both the Force India were in the relegation zone, with the dying moments they went P2 and P5 for Sutil and Di Resta respectively.

Williams nearly missing the danger zone also. However Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber could not get through Q3 and settled for P18. But he has got two fresh tyres with him at the moment.

Heikki Kovalainen goes P19 as usual ahead of HRT and Virgin. He was followed by frustated Timo Glock who made it to P20 beating Chandhok in the later stage of Q1. Chandhok who is driving the Lotus for the first time this season, made some exceptional comeback after a poor practice sessions and finished at P21.

The Indian Driver was told to be within 1sec of his teammate and that the standard he had completed for now as a major achievement. This could be his only race of the season or may be more to come.

Jerome D'Ambrosio was in P22 with both the HRT's at the back of the grid with Liuzzi in P23 and Ricciardo in P24. However Liuzzi has to serve a five grid penalty for gearbox change.

All the drivers qualified the 107%rule for the race.

Track Temp: 22deg Celsius

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull - Renault	1min 33.096sec	1min 31.311sec	1min 30.079sec	18
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 32.934sec	1min 30.998sec	1min 30.134sec	15
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull - Renault	1min 32.973sec	1min 31.017sec	1min 30.216sec	16
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1min 32.916sec	1min 31.150sec	1min 30.442sec	16
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1min 31.826sec	1min 31.582sec	1min 30.910sec	19
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1min 32.785sec	1min 31.343sec	1min 31.263sec	22
7	Jenson Button	Mclaren - Mercedes	1min 33.224sec	1min 31.532sec	1min 31.288sec	14
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India -Mercedes	1min 32.286sec	1min 31.809sec	1min 32.010sec	18
9	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1min 33.187sec	1min 31.985sec	1min 32.187sec	16
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	1min 32.603sec	1min 32.180sec	1min 32.482sec	18
11	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1min 32.505sec	1min 32.215sec		16
12	Paul Di Resta	Force India -Mercedes	1min 32.651sec	1min 32.560sec		15
13	Pastor Maldonado	Williams -Cosworth	1min 33.003sec	1min 32.635sec		13
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams -Cosworth	1min 33.664sec	1min 33.043sec		18
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1min 33.295sec	1min 33.176sec		14
16	Sebastien Buemi	STR - Ferrari	1min 33.635sec	1min 33.546sec		11
17	Jaime Alguersuari	STR - Ferrari	1min 33.658sec	1min 33.698sec		11
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber - Ferrari	1min 33.786sec			5
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1min 35.599sec			9
20	Timo Glock	Virgin -Cosworth	1min 36.400sec			12
21	Karun Chandhok	Lotus-Renault	1min 36.422sec			11
22	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin -Cosworth	1min 36.641sec			12
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT - Cosworth	1min 37.011sec			11
24	Daniel Ricciardo	HRT - Cosworth	1min 37.036sec			11

107percent Qualifying Rule Time: 1min 38.253sec.

Liuzzi will be serving a 5 Grid Penalty for a gear box change.