Hockenheim Grand Prix Qualifying update

Fernando Alonso is on pole again in Germany after experiencing similar conditions to that at Silverstone. He was able to find more time than anyone else on full wet tires and beat the Red Bull pair of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber at a rainy Hockenheim track. Michael Schumacher, the other rain master was fourth and Nico Hulkenberg fifth, with Webber's five-place grid penalty meaning Germans will start second, third and fourth at their home grand prix.

1	F Alonso (ESP)	Ferrari	1'40.621
2	S Vettel (GER)	Red Bull	1'41.062
3	M Webber (AUS)	Red Bull	1'41.496
4	M Schumacher (GER)	Mercedes	1'42.459
5	N Hülkenberg (GER)	Force India	1'43.501
6	P Maldonado (VEN)	Williams	1'43.950
7	J Button (GBR)	McLaren	1'44.113
8	LC Hamilton (GBR)	McLaren	1'44.186
9	P di Resta (GBR)	Force India	1'44.889
10	KM Räikkönen (FIN)	Lotus	1'45.811
11	D Ricciardo (AUS)	Toro Rosso	59.168
12	S Perez (MEX)	Sauber	59.312
13	K Kobayashi (JPN)	Sauber	59.364
14	F Massa (BRA)	Ferrari	1'41.212
15	R Grosjean (FRA)	Lotus	1'41.574
16	B Senna (BRA)	Williams	1'40.752
17	N Rosberg (GER)	Mercedes	1'41.551
18	JE Vergne (FRA)	Toro Rosso	36.120
19	H Kovalainen (FIN)	Caterham	36.999
20	V Petrov (RUS)	Caterham	37.910
21	C Pic (FRA)	Marussia	38.599
22	T Glock (GER)	Marussia	38.670
23	PM de la Rosa (ESP)	HRT	39.291
24	KRN Karthikeyan (IND)	HRT	39.609

Fernando Alonso : "I think the conditions were still very on the limit, as far as it is the same for everybody, I think sometimes it is good to check the circuit conditions," he said. "We did Q3 and I think going into Turn Six it was not easy for anybody, there was a lot of aquaplaning and we are 280/90 km/h….But you know everything went well for us and we backed off a little bit in those aquaplaning moments and the rest of the lap was clean….In these conditions there are surprises and moments everywhere. It was not fun."


Hockenheim track analysis