Mark Webber grabbed pole position yesterday for the British Grand Prix as Red Bull swept the front row again in changeable conditions during an unpredictable qualifying session.
The 34-year-old Australian, who won last year’s British GP, demonstrated his liking for the Silverstone circuit with a fastest lap of 1 minute, 30.399 seconds as his team locked out the front row again.
It was Webber’s second pole this season and the seventh of his career.
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Spain’s Fernando Alonso was third-fastest for Ferrari ahead of his teammate Brazilian Felipe Massa as rivals McLaren struggled to mount a serious challenge.
Briton Jenson Button, in the leading McLaren, was fifth and his teammate and compatriot Lewis Hamilton was only able to qualify in 10th place.
Another Briton, Scot Paul Di Resta, took sixth place on the grid for the Force India team ahead of Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado in a Williams with Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi eighth for Sauber and Germany’s Nico Rosberg ninth for Mercedes.
On a cool, damp and drizzly afternoon at the revamped old circuit in central England, the entire field was swiftly out in pursuit of times early in Q1 — all going for banker times in case of subsequent heavy rain making the track more treacherous and slower.
Many of the teams had been involved in frantic activity before the session following a morning of technical meetings, rows and u-turns on the rules.
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