British Grand Prix (Silverstone) Qualifying

Red Bull keeps been unbeatable after FIA rule changes, but this time Mark Webber was the one to take the Pole, repeating 2010 result. The duo got their first runs in before rain spots ruined everyone’s second chances, the German running 1m 30.431s to take pole before Webber stole it with 1m 30.399s.

Fernando Alonso was the only man to run them close, lapping his Ferrari in 1m 30.516s. His team mate Felipe Massa backed him up in fourth with 1m 31.124s, then there was a big time gap before Jenson Button put his McLaren a disappointing fifth with 1m 31.898s. 

    

On a disastrous day, Lewis Hamilton could only manage 1m 32.376s, possibly still troubled by the KERS problem that dogged him this morning, and will start 10th in his McLaren.

Separating the two silver cars, Paul di Resta took his best-ever qualifying position with sixth place in the lead Force India on 1m 31.929s - very close to Button - with Pastor Maldonado having a great run for Williams to take their best start position of the season in seventh with 1m 31.933s. Kamui Kobayashi more than made up for crashing his Sauber on Friday with 1m 32.128s, and Nico Rosberg was ninth in his Mercedes on 1m 32.209s.

When both Rosberg and Hamilton aborted their second runs as the rain came down again, nobody else ventured out.

 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1.30.399
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1.30.431 
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1.30.516  

 4.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1.31.124  

 5.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1.31.898 
 6.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1.31.929  

 7.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth     1.31.933  

 8.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari        1.32.128 

 9.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1.32.209

 10. Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes      1.32.376

 11. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes

 12. Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari

13. Michael Schumacher    Mercedes

14. Vilaly Petrov         Renault

15. Rubens Barrichelo     Williams-Cosworth

16. Nick Heidfeld         Renault

17. Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault

18. Jaime Alguersuari     STR-Ferrari

19. Sebastien Buemi       STR-Ferrari

20. Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth

21. Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault

22. Jerome d'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth

23. Vitantonio Liuzzi     HRT-Cosworth

24. Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth