Another Red Bull Qualifying Masterclass

Formula 1 rode into Silverstone this weekend for the British Grand Prix and there are huge hopes from spectators for a British victory tomorrow. But their hopes have been slightly hampered by a Red Bull pole for the 9th race out of ten. There were no real shocks in Q1 as all the new teams failed to get through yet again which left one driver from a possible seven maybe eight to join them. The big news coming out from the new constructors was that Bruno Senna had been replaced by Yamamoto for Hispania racing, who have confirmed it will only be for this race. Unfortunately for Hispania they make up the bottom pairing as Yamamoto finished 24th and Chandhok 23rd. Lotus ultimately won the battle between themselves and Virgin racing as Trulli finished 21st and Kovalainen leads the new teams qualifying 19th, whereas Timo Glock qualified 20th and Di Grassi 23rd. The final driver to fall out of Q1 was Jaime Alguersuari in the Toro Rosso and will therefore start 18th in tomorrow's race. Red Bull started their dominance from Q1 with Vettel just edging the fastest lap over Mark Webber.

Q2 finished with Mark Webber gaining the upper hand as he edged the fastest lap over Sebastian Vettel with a Red Bull one-two seeming inevitable. However the big shock from Q2 came from Jensen Button who later said the McLaren car was 'undriveable' and will start from 14th which really damages his chances of Silverstone success. Renault's Petrov qualified miles behind teammate Kubica in 17th which is a disappointment for the team, Alguersuari's teammate Buemi at Toro Rosso managed 16th. Force India's Liuzzi qualified behind Button in 15th while Willams' Hulkenburg qualified ahead in 13th which could prove to be a difficult overtaking for Button. The big winners of the qualifying session have to be the BMW Sauber team as Koboyashi managed 12th and the final evictee from Q2 was the Force India, Adrian Sutil in 11th.

Q3 looked to be split into three parts; which Red Bull would take pole leaving the other in second, in which positions would the Ferraris, Hamilton, Rosberg and Kubica finish leaving Schumacher, Barrichello and possibly the surprise of Pedro De La Rosa in the other Sauber to battle for places 8-10. It would be Michael Schumacher of Mercedes who finished tenth with De La Rosa 9th and Barrichello 8th. Williams, like Sauber, must be really happy with their qualifying results and will hope they can carry out onto the race. The two Ferraris finished at either end of block two with Alonso gaining 3rd and Massa 7th. Robert Kubica continued his decent form recently by qualifying in 6th and Rosberg finished 5th. Lewis Hamilton kept the British hopes alive by finishing 4th but he has an uphill battle against the Red Bulls who look flawless. As for pole it was to be Sebastian Vettel to edge it claiming his second successive Silverstone pole and will looking to win his second consecutive Silverstone race. Mark Webber therefore claims second although he was the first driver to break the 1 minute 30 mark with a 1:29.9 before Vettel stormed in a 1:28 to clinch it.