Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel will start Sunday’s British Grand Prix from pole position after a commanding performance in qualifying at Silverstone. Vettel beat Brawn’s Rubens Barrichello by over three-tenths of a second.
The 21-year-old German played second fiddle to Webber in the first part of Q3, but turned the tables with a superb on-the-limit final flier.
Home hero Jenson Button could only manage sixth after struggling with a lack of grip, while 2008 Silverstone winner Lewis Hamilton was sidelined in Q1 and will start on the back row of the grid. ITV.com
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As for world champion Lewis Hamilton, who thrilled his fans a year ago with a storming win in the wet, he qualified a career low 19th as his wretched season slipped to a new low. The Press Association
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT 1 Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 2 Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 3 Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 4 Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota 5 Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 6 Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 7 Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 8 Timo Glock Germany Toyota 9 Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari 10 Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 11 Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 12 Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 13 Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 14 Nelson Piquet Brazil Renault 15 Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 16 Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Mercedes 17 Sebastien Bourdais France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 19 Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 20 Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari
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