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Belgium 2012 - Qualifying results - Jenson Button secures his first pole position since joining McLaren

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The rain stayed away for qualifying, with blue skies and plenty of sunshine overhead. Jenson Button was fast throughout the sessions, and took his first pole position since Monaco 2009, thus being his first for McLaren. The unusual grid saw Rosberg fall at the first hurdle, and Vettel at the second, whilst Kamui Kobayashi and Pastor Maldonado both impressed. The stage is set for a great race tomorrow.

PositionDriverTeamTimeLaps
1Jenson ButtonVodafone McLaren Mercedes1:47.57314
2Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 Team1:47.87118
3Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team1:47.89320
4Kimi RäikkönenLotus F1 Team1:48.20514
5Sergio PérezSauber F1 Team1:48.21916
6Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari1:48.31315
7Mark WebberRed Bull Racing1:48.39213
8Lewis HamiltonVodafone McLaren Mercedes1:48.39416
9Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team1:48.53818
10Paul di RestaSahara Force India F1 Team1:48.89019
11Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing1:48.79212
12Nico HülkenbergSahara Force India F1 Team1:48.85513
13Michael SchumacherMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team1:49.08114
14Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari1:49.14713
15Jean-Éric VergneScuderia Toro Rosso1:49.35413
16Daniel RicciardoScuderia Toro Rosso1:49.54313
17Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team1:50.08815
18Nico RosbergMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team1:50.18110
19Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team1:51.7397
20Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team1:51.9676
21Timo GlockMarussia F1 Team1:52.3368
22Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula 1 Team1:53.0306
23Charles PicMarussia F1 Team1:53.4936
24Narain KarthikeyanHRT Formula 1 Team1:54.9898

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