Britain 2012 - Qualifying results - A session of two halves, with a lengthy red flag, finally sees pole position decided

Published 7 July 2012 by Christine

Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber battled for pole position, squirming their way towards the chequered flag as their tyres did battle with the wet circuit. It was the Ferrari who crossed the line for the fastest time, leaving the Red Bull to take second place. Further back, Romain Grosjean crashed ahead of Q3, leaving him unable to participate despite getting through to the final session. Jenson Button also struggled massively, again, and found himself dumped out in Q1. The grid will face some changes ahead of tomorrow's race due to penalties, but it's Alonso who takes pole position.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:51.746	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:51.793	23
3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:52.020	22
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:52.199	23
5	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:53.065	24
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:53.290	24
7	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:53.539	25
8	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:53.543	25
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:54.382	22
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	No time	20
11	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:57.009	19
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:57.071	18
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:57.108	17
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:57.132	18
15	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:57.426	19
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:57.719	18
17	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:57.895	19
18	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:48.044	12
19	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:49.027	10
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:49.477	10
21	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:51.618	10
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:52.742	11
23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:53040	10
DNQ	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:54.143	10