Hello and welcome to qualifying for the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim.
Formula 1 | German Grand Prix
Hockenheimring | 21.07.2012
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Updated 21/07/2012 at 13:03 GMT
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Hope you enjoyed that - we'll be back for the Grand Prix on Sunday which is due to begin at 13:00 UK time. See you then.
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Top 10: Alonso, Vettel, Webber, Schumacher, Hulkenberg, Maldonado, Button, Hamilton, Di Resta, Raikkonen (Webber will lose five places for a grid penalty)
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Hamilton had to abandon his last lap, and that leaves him stranded in eighth - not ideal from the McLaren man. Hulkenberg snatched fifth at the death - great result for the German at his home race.
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1:40.621! ALONSO IS ON POLE!
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Webber up to second! Vettel leapfrogs him - but it means that Alonso is set for pole!
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Button through to 6th - Schumacher only 4th!
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Button appears to have backed off - he'll improve, but it's not going to worry Alonso.
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Alonso will squeeze through for one last lap - and HE'S TOP ALREADY - 1:40.9!
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WEBBER TOP! 1:41.6 - that's a marker!
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Schumacher has backed off from this lap, looking for a little room for this final effort. Alonso the quickest man on track at the moment through the first sector.
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Most drivers should get one, maybe two more laps in - they'll know the breaking points a little better, the racing line will be drying out, this is far from over.
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Schumacher 1:42.4! Great lap! But Vettel beats it by four-tenths!
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Schumacher on the charge! Seven-tenths clear at sector two split! Hamilton improves to a 1:44.1 which puts him top... for now.
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Every driver on the track - no time to switch to intermediates. Everything to play for.
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Di Resta slots in third! That's a good effort from the Force Indias - can they sustain it?
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Now... Button shaves a second off his previous best to go fourth - the times are going to drop....
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Schumacher nips ahead of Hamilton before Alonso and Vettel rip past them both with times in the 1:44s! Hulkenberg up to third.
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1:46.9 from Button - immediately eclipsed by a 1:46.6 from Hamilton. Maladonado and Raikkonen behind.
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Could be an interesting session here - could we see drivers go out late on intermediates? Would be very brave. For now we're seeing some laps put down on wets, and the conditions will keep improving.
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Hulkenberg off at turn six! Nobody said this would be easy - but the good news is that the RAIN HAS STOPPED.