Belgium 2010 - Qualifying results - Webber secures pole position at Spa-Francorchamps
Published by Christine
There were two main rain showers that caused chaos - one at the very beginning, and one right at the very end. It was Red Bull on top as per usual, but they had a few competitors ready to push them to the limit, with McLaren seemingly on form to begin with, and a surprise performance from Kubica.
| Position | Driver | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | 1:45.778 | 21 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 1:45.863 | 18 |
| 3 | Robert Kubica | 1:46.100 | 19 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:46.127 | 23 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | 1:46.206 | 18 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | 1:46.314 | 20 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | 1:46.602 | 19 |
| 8 | Adrian Sutil | 1:46:659 | 18 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | 1:47.053 | 20 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | 1:47.441 | 21 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | 1:48.267 | 17 |
| 12 | Tonio Liuzzi | 1:48.680 | 14 |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | 1:50.980 | 12 |
| 14 | Nico Rosberg * | 1:47.885 | 16 |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | 2:01.491 | 9 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi ** | 1:49.209 | 16 |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | 2:02.284 | 6 |
| 18 | Bruno Senna | 2:03.612 | 7 |
| 19 | Sakon Yamamoto | 2:03.941 | 8 |
| 20 | Timo Glock*** | 1:52.049 | 16 |
| 21 | Michael Schumacher **** | 1:47.874 | 16 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | 2:18.754 | 5 |
| 23 | Vitaly Petrov | No Time | 1 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa***** | 2:05.294 | 6 |
- * Rosberg receives a five place grid drop for a gearbox change
- ** Buemi recieves a three place grid drop for blocking Rosberg during qualifying
- *** Glock receives a five place grid drop for impeding Yamamoto during qualifying
- **** Schumacher receives a ten place grid drop for the incident with Barrichello in Hungary
- ***** De la Rosa has elected to change his engine - the ninth one of the season - and thus receives a ten place penalty, although he qualified 22nd, and so only loses two places
