The Formula One entourage is at Nurnberg (Nuremberg), Germany as the tenth round of the season takes place. The news before the race was that Jarno Trulli has been replaced at Lotus for this race only by Karun Chandhok, who drove for Hispania in part last season. Q1 saw the six plus one for the first time in a couple of races. Ricciardo did qualify behind Liuzzi for Hispania but Liuzzi will actually start last due to a gearbox change, pushing Ricciardo up to twenty-third. D'Ambrosio starts twenty-second with Chandhok the meat in a Virgin sandwich. Kovalainen couldn't make it to Q2 and starts nineteenth but the big name to fall in Q1 was Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber. Massa recorded the fastest time, but that was on the soft tyres while his rivals were all on intermediates.
Q2 saw the two Toro Rossos end up sixteenth and seventeenth with Buemi out-qualifying Alguersuari. Sergio Perez starts fifteenth behind the two Williams' with Maldonado ahead of Barrichello. Di Resta was ousted by his team-mate Sutil into twelfth and home-comer Heidfeld suffered a similar fate by Petrov in eleventh. Hamilton was the fastest in Q2.
Michael Schumacher looked to have been wrestling with his Mercedes throughout qualifying but still managed to qualify tenth. Petrov sits ninth with another German, Sutil, in front of him. Button looks to be the biggest loser as he sits seventh behind Rosberg, the fifth German in the race. The two Ferraris will sit one behind the other with Alonso making 10-0 against Massa in qualifying. The big surprise of the session sees the final German, Sebastian Vettel only make third. Lewis Hamilton steals Vettel's place on the front row with Webber holding the Pole position slot for Red Bull.
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