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Ferrari on pole in Germany

HOCKENHEIM, Germany - Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso took pole position at a rain-soaked Hockenheim circuit ahead of the German Grand Prix.

With rain falling throughout qualifying the circuit pushed driver skill and team strategy to the limit. Alonso, the current 2012 Formula 1 championship leader, was quickest during qualifying with a time of 1min40.621.

The Ferrari ace proved to be better in the wet as he edged out rivals during the final practice session for the German Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were second and third fastest, ahead of Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher and Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg.

Webber, winner in Silverstone, will have to pull out all the stops after being penalised for a gearbox technicality at the British Grand Prix. He will start eighth after incurring a five-place penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.

Qualifying results from the Formula 1 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim:

1. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1min40.621
2. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull  1min41.026
3. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull  1min41.496
4. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 1min42.459
5. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India 1min43.501
6. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams 1min43.950
7. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1min44.113
8. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1min44.186
9. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India 1min44.889
10. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus 1min45.811
11. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso 1min39.789
12. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber 1min39.933
13. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber 1min39.985
14. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1min40.212
15. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1min40.574
16. Bruno Senna (Brazil) Williams 1min40.752
17. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1min41.551
18. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso 1min16.741
19. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham 1min17.620
20. Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham 1min18.531
21. Charles Pic (France) Marussia 1min19.220
22. Timo Glock (Germany) Marussia 1min19.291
23. Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) HRT  1min19.912
24. Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT  1min20.230
1-10: Third and final qualifying session 11-17: Second qualifying session 18-24: First qualifying session

Results from the final practice session ahead of the German Grand Prix:

1. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1min16.014
2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1min16.091
3. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber 1min16.202
4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus  1min16.238
5. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull  1min16.447
6. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull  1min16.475
7. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams 1min16.664
8. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1min16.771
9. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber 1min16.807
10. Bruno Senna (Brazil) Williams 1min16.930
11. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1min16.962
12. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India 1min17.033
13. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India 1min17.148
14. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso 1min17.238
15. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 1min17.266
16. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1min17.419
17. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1min17.491
18. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham  1min18.366
19. Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham 1min18.818
20. Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) HRT  1min19.778
21. Timo Glock (Germany) Marussia 1min20.235
22. Charles Pic (France) Marussia 1min20.318
23. Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT 1min20.741
24. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1min20.914

Second practice results from the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Germany at Hockenheim:
1 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams 1min27.476
2 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1min27.564
3 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull 1min27.902
4 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari 1min28.402
5 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1min28.420
6 Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India 1min28.495
7 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso 1min28.513
8 Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1min28.516
9 Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 1min28.877
10 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus 1min29.327
11 Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso 1min29.364
12 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1min29.719
13 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber 1min29.785
14 Charles Pic (France) Marussia 1min30.090
15 Timo Glock (Germany) Marussia 1min30.220
16 Bruno Senna (Brazil) Williams 1min30.291
17 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham 1min30.331
18 Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India 1min30.437
19 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1min30.617
20 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1min31.207
21 Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham 1min32.241
22 Narain Karthikeyan (India) HRT 1min32.349
23 Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 1min32.777
24 Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) HRT 1min42.566

First practice session results from the German Grand Prix:
1 Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1min16.595
2 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1min17.093
3 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1min17.370
4 Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 1min17.382
5 Sergio Perez (Mexico) Sauber 1min17.413
6 Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India 1min17.599
7 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1min17.915
8 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1min17.995
9 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams 1min18.020
10 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus 1min18.130
11 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber 1min18.226
12 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull 1min18.339
13 Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams 1min18.422
14 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso 1min18.709
15 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus - Renault 1min18.831
16 Jules Bianchi (France) Force India 1min18.972
17 Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso 1min19.039
18 Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Caterham 1min19.674
19 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Caterham 1min19.963
20 Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull 1min20.122
21 Charles Pic (France) Marussia 1min20.169
22 Timo Glock (Germany) Marussia 1min20.539
23 Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) HRT 1min21.138
24 Dani Clos (Spain) HRT 1min21.740

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