Red Bull continued their qualifying reign as Mark Webber secured pole for the Belgian Grand Prix, three weeks since the last race. Q1 was a very stop-start session as the slippery surface caused a few accidents. Mercedes already knew the writing was on the wall as Michael Schumacher was handed a 10 place demotion after his horror overtake in the last race, his teammate Nico Rosberg was handed a five place demotion after a gearbox failure.
The first incident in Q1 belonged to Reanult's Petrov as he crashed into a barrier and was forced to pull out of qualifying, meaning he'll start from the back of the pack. Trulli and Di Grassi had a slight coming together that meant both cars span, luckily both were able to continue. Sauber weren't so lucky as Kobayashi was next to test the barrier and a couple of seconds later his teammate Pedro De La Rosa did exactly the same leaving both Sauber's exiting Q1. Di Grassi, Yamamoto, Senna and Trulli also exited at Q1. The fastest was surprisingly Mercedes' Nico Rosberg who needed the best possible qualifying session.
Q2 saw Glock, Kovalainen, Buemi, Liuzzi, Alguersuari and both Mercedes cars exit with Hulkenburg, Sutil and Barrichello suprisingly making it into Q3, Lewis Hamilton was fastest in Q2. Here are the final qualifying results: 24. Petrov (Renault) 23. Di Grassi (Virgin) 22. De La Rosa (Sauber) 21. Schumacher (Mercedes) 20. Yamamoto (Hispania) 19. Senna (Hispania) 18. Kobayashi (Sauber) 17. Rosberg (Mercedes) 16. Trulli (Lotus) 15. Glock (Virgin) 14. Kovalainen (Lotus) 13. Buemi (Toro Rosso) 12. Liuzzi (Force India) 11. Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) 10. Alonso (Ferrari) 9. Hulkenburg (Williams) 8. Sutil (Force India) 7. Barrichello (Williams) 6. Massa (Ferrari) 5. Button (McLaren) 4. Vettel (Red Bull) 3. Kubica (Renault) 2. Hamilton (McLaren) 1. Webber (Red Bull)
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