The sun may finally be shining in England, but there was more wet weather in Hockenheim, causing confusion across the Formula One drivers. McLaren looked strong in the dry but, when the rain came, Fernando Alonso once again claimed Pole ahead of Sebastian Vettel who pipped Mark Webber to second. Michael Schumacher just about made it into Q2 and was last out as the rain began to get heavy, but he miraculously managed to get the Mercedes into fourth.
Another German, Nico Hulkenberg, also managed to perform in the treacherous conditions and will start ahead of Pastor Maldonado in fifth. Lewis Hamilton was fastest in Q2 but the McLaren's faltered with the wet tyres on, leaving him eighth behind team-mate Jenson Button. Both Force Indias made it into Q3, a fantastic achievement, with Paul Di Resta qualifying ninth with the fastest man in Q1, Kimi Raikkonen, making the top ten.
The rain began to fall slightly towards the end of Q2, hence why Hamilton was fastest. Daniel Ricciardo managed to cement 11th ahead of Sergio Perez. The second Sauber, Kamui Kobayashi, will be right behind his team-mate and alongside the disappointing Felipe Massa. The Brazilian definitely suffered due to the weather and could only get 14th. Romain Grosjean had got himself into Q2, finishing 15th, but he receives a five place grid penalty for changing his gearbox and will now start P-20. This pushes Bruno Senna into 15th.
Nico Rosberg also received a five place grid drop and will begin the race in P-22. This means that Jean-Eric Vergne, P-16, Heikki Kovalainen, P-17, Vitaly Petrov, P-18, and Charles Pic, P-19, move up two places from where they had originally qualified. Timo Glock also moves up P-21 courtesy of Rosberg, leaving the two HRTs at the back, no surprises to see Pedro De La Rosa out-qualify Narain Karthikeyan in the inter-team battle.
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