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Spain 2012 - Qualifying results - Lewis Hamilton takes a spectacular pole position, and there's a surprise second place

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An intriguing qualifying began with Bruno Senna crashing out in the first session, and both Jenson Button and Mark Webber failing to make it into the top ten. With a mixed order for the final session, we were expecting fireworks, but it took until the last few minutes before things really got going. For a moment, it looked as though we were going to get another brand new polesitter, but Lewis Hamilton put in one of his storming laps to secure P1 for the Spanish Grand Prix.

PositionDriverTeamTimeLaps
1Lewis HamiltonVodafone McLaren Mercedes1:21.70717
2Pastor MaldonadoWilliams F1 Team1:22.28514
3Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari1:22.30215
4Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team1:22.42414
5Kimi RäikkönenLotus F1 Team1:22.48713
6Sergio PérezSauber F1 Team1:22.53314
7Nico RosbergMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team1:23.00517
8Sebastian VettelRed Bull RacingNo Time14
9Michael SchumacherMercedes AMG Petronas F1 TeamNo Time15
10Kamui KobayashiSauber F1 TeamNo Time14
11Jenson ButtonVodafone McLaren Mercedes1:22.94413
12Mark WebberRed Bull Racing1:22.9778
13Paul di RestaSahara Force India F1 Team1:23.12514
14Nico HülkenbergSahara Force India F1 Team1:23.17713
15Jean-Éric VergneScuderia Toro Rosso1:23.26511
16Daniel RicciardoScuderia Toro Rosso1:23.44211
17Felipe MassaScuderia Ferrari1:23.44412
18Bruno SennaWilliams F1 Team1:24.9818
19Vitaly PetrovCaterham F1 Team1:25.2778
20Heikki KovalainenCaterham F1 Team1:25.5078
21Charles PicMarussia F1 Team1:26.5828
22Timo GlockMarussia F1 Team1:27.0328
23Pedro de la RosaHRT Formula 1 Team1:27.5556
DNQNarain KarthikeyanHRT Formula 1 Team1:31.1224

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