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2011 German Formula 1 Grand Prix

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Qualifying

German Formula One Grand Prix - Qualifying

(07/23/2011)

2:52

Welcome to our coverage of Qualifying for the German Grand Prix

Saturday July 23, 2011 2:52

2:53

It is not raining at the Nurburgring and no rain is expected for Q1

Saturday July 23, 2011 2:53

2:55

Sebastian Vettel was quickest this morning ahead of Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. Pole position will be between those three

Saturday July 23, 2011 2:55

2:58

Track temperature is at 22 degrees while air temperature is at 22 degrees

Saturday July 23, 2011 2:58

3:00

Q1 gets underway

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:00

3:01

A few cars on the track alread

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:01

3:02

Timo Glock starts a flyer

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:02

3:03

Liuzzi and d'Ambrosio also on flyers

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:03

3:03

Glock sets a 1:38.486

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:03

3:04

d"Ambrosio sets a 1:41.351

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:04

3:04

Only Petrov, Kobayashi, Perez and Buemi have yet to go out

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:04

3:04

Heidfeld quickest with a 1:36.098

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:04

3:05

Webber in second with a 1:36.398

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:05

3:05

Schumacher quickest with a 1:35.368

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:05

3:06

Alonso goes second with a 1:35.945

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:06

3:06

Alguersuari quickest with a 1:34.187 on softs

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:06

3:07

Webber now quickest with a 1:34.084

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:07

3:07

Hamilton goes quickest with Vettel in second now

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:07

3:08

Alonso into 3rd and Button in 4th

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:08

3:10

10 minutes remain in the session and the top 10 are: Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Button, Webber, Massa, Alguersuari, Buemi, Rosberg and Schumacher

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:10

3:11

Alonso now quickest with a 1:32.916

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:11

3:11

Webber into 3rd with a 1:33.096

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:11

3:12

Vettel into 3rd with a 1:33.116

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:12

3:12

Perez and Kobayashi on their only run on the softs

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:12

3:14

It will be interesting to see how the drivers on the softer compound go

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:14

3:14

Perez into 6th with a 1:33.743

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:14

3:14

Kobayashi into 8th with a 1:33.949

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:14

3:15

Petrov quick on the softs, he has yet to set a time

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:15

3:16

The top 5 decide to stay in the pits

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:16

3:16

Petrov in 5th with a 1:33.187

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:16

3:17

Button could be in danger! He is still 6th but many about to set quick times on the softs

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:17

3:17

Heidfeld quickest from Schumacher

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:17

3:18

Massa quickest with a 1:31.826

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:18

3:18

Sutil into second with a 1:32.286

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:18

3:19

di Resta goes 5th with a 1:32.651

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:19

3:20

Rosberg goes 6th with a 1:32.785

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:20

3:20

Session over

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:20

3:22

Knocked out: Kobayashi, Kovalainen, Glock, Chandhok, d'Ambrosio, Liuzzi and Ricciardo

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:22

3:24

Top 10 from Q1: Massa, Sutil, Heidfeld, Schumacher, di Resta, Rosberg, Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel and Maldonado

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:24

3:26

Q2 about to get underway, air temperature at 14 degrees and trackk temperature at 22 degrees

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:26

3:27

Q2 gets underway but no one goes out straight away

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:27

3:28

Massa and Perez go out

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:28

3:28

Alonso on the track too

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:28

3:28

Webber and Rosberg as well

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:28

3:29

Perez starts his flyer

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:29

3:30

Massa as well

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:30

3:30

Alonso very quick in S1

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:30

3:30

Perez sets a 1:33.845

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:30

3:31

Hamilton quicker in S1

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:31

3:31

Massa quickest with a 1:31.792

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:31

3:31

Alonso quickest with a 1:31.150

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:31

3:32

Hamilton quickest with a 1:30.998

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:32

3:33

Button goes 3rd with a 1:31.532

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:33

3:33

Vettel goes second with a 1:31.017

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:33

3:35

Top 10 at this stage: Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Button, Webber, Massa, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Petrov, Schumacher

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:35

3:38

Rosberg goes back out, he is in 7th

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:38

3:38

Schumacher back out. Under 4 minutes remain

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:38

3:39

Interesting that Heidfeld and Petrov are still in their garages!

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:39

3:39

Maldonado goes 9th with a 1:32.635

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:39

3:39

Heidfeld goes out with just over 2 minutes remaining

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:39

3:39

Petrov goes back out too

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:39

3:40

di Resta in 9th with a 1:32.560

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:40

3:41

Schumacher up into 8th, Heidfeld in 9th

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:41

3:41

Sutil into 7th with a 1:31.809

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:41

3:42

Petrov down in 13th but still has a chance

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:42

3:42

Petrov goes 8th with a 1:31.985

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:42

3:44

Knocked out of Q2: Heidfeld, di Resta, Maldonado, Barrichello, Perez, Buemi and Alguersuari

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:44

3:48

Q3 about to get underway, air temperature at 14 degrees while track temperature dropped 1 degree to 21 degrees

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:48

3:50

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Saturday July 23, 2011 3:50

3:50

Q3 gets underway

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:50

3:50

No drivers go out straight away

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:50

3:50

Alonso, Hamilton and Petrov are the first out

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:50

3:51

More drivers follow

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:51

3:52

Alonso starts his flyer

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:52

3:52

Petrov and Hamilton too

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:52

3:53

Hamilton quickest so far in S1

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:53

3:54

Alonso sets a 1:30.866

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:54

3:54

Hamilton goes quicker with a 1:30.725

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:54

3:55

Webber quickest with a 1:30.251

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:55

3:55

Vettel goes second with a 1:30.352

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:55

3:55

[Comment From Michael Michael : ]

Any chance of rain in Q3? ED - No

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:55 Michael

3:56

So the order so far is: Webber, Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Button and Petrov

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:56

3:57

Alonso goes back out

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:57

3:57

Webber, Hamilton follow

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:57

3:58

Rosberg, Schumacher and Sutil on the track too

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:58

3:58

Now everyone on the track

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:58

3:58

[Comment From Hanif Hanif : ]

why does ferrari so slow down? ED - Hard to tell. Could be a mistake by Alonso. Second run now

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:58 Hanif

3:59

2nd run starts!

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:59

3:59

Alonso improves in S1, Webber quickest in S1

Saturday July 23, 2011 3:59

4:00

Hamilton fastest so far in S1!

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:00

4:00

Alonso improves in S2

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:00

4:00

Alonso into 3rd with a 1:30.442

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:00

4:01

Webber improves and stays in 1st

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:01

4:01

Hamilton takes second with a 1:30.216

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:01

4:03

Vettel stays in 3rd with a 1:30.216

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:03

4:04

So the top 10 for Germany are: Webber, Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Massa, Rosberg, Button, Sutil, Petrov and Schumacher

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:04

4:05

[Comment From Hanif Hanif : ]

is that hamilton has the same time with vettel? ED - Sorry Hamilton is a 1:30.134

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:05 Hanif

4:05

[Comment From Michael Michael : ]

Do everybody use option tyres in Q3? ED - Yes

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:05 Michael

4:08

[Comment From Chloe Chloe : ]

what is Weebers time? ED - 1:30.079 We will list all the times shortly

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:08 Chloe

4:24

Top 10 times:
Webber - 1:30.079
Hamilton - 1:30.134
Vettel - 1:30.216
Alonso - 1:30.442
Massa - 1:30.910
Rosberg - 1:31.263
Button - 1:31.288
Sutil - 1:32.010
Petrov - 1:32.187
Schumacher - 1:32.482

Saturday July 23, 2011 4:24

5:15

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