Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren secured his pole position today ahead of tomorrow’s German Grand Prix in the final seconds of qualifying with a lap time of 1:15.666.
Felipe Massa in the Ferrari had to settle for second place after Hamilton knocked him off the top of the time-sheets, followed by Heikki Kovalainen in the second McLaren.
The Toyota driver Jarno Trulli, finished in an impressive fourth position ahead of Fernando Alonso in the Renault and Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari in sixth.
Robert Kubica finished in seventh place for the BMW Sauber team followed by Red Bull driver Mark Webber in eighth and Sebastian Vettel in the Toro Rosso in ninth. David Coulthard will start from tenth place in the second Red Bull.
Here are the results;
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps 1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.218 1:14.603 1:15.666 13 2. Massa Ferrari 1:14.921 1:14.747 1:15.859 16 3. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.476 1:14.855 1:16.143 17 4. Trulli Toyota 1:15.560 1:15.122 1:16.191 21 5. Alonso Renault 1:15.917 1:14.943 1:16.385 19 6. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:15.201 1:14.949 1:16.389 19 7. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:15.985 1:15.109 1:16.521 20 8. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:15.900 1:15.481 1:17.014 20 9. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.532 1:15.420 1:17.244 22 10. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:15.975 1:15.338 1:17.503 20 11. Glock Toyota 1:15.560 1:15.508 17 12. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:15.596 1:15.581 14 13. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:15.863 1:15.633 16 14. Button Honda 1:15.993 1:15.701 15 15. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.927 1:15.858 15 16. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.083 10 17. Piquet Renault 1:16.189 7 18. Barrichello Honda 1:16.246 10 19. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:16.657 10 20. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:16.963 10
1 comment so far
1 Boy George // Jul 24, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Thanks for keeping us all up to date on the stats. Great job.