Lewis Hamilton will depart from the 'pole' in the Belgium Grand PrixThe British Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) will depart from the domindo 'pole position' in the Belgium Grand Prix Formula 1, the thirteenth race of the season, after obtaining the best time in the rankings at Spa-Francorchamps.
With a time of 1 minute, 47 seconds and 338 milliseconds, Hamilton surpassed the Brazilian Felipe Massa (Ferrari) and its companion Finnish Heikki Kovalainen.
The current champion Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) will come from fourth place ahead of Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber), Fernando Alonso (Renault), Mark Webber (Red Bull) and Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber).
The two Toro Rosso agreed to the third stage of the rankings for the second consecutive time but could not improve: the Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais was ranked ninth, his best season this square, in front of his partner Sebastian Vettel, apparently too laden with fuel.
The bad surprise was starring Toyota, which registered no single among the top ten.
The rain, which had made act of appearance in the morning, forgave the meeting of classifications.
-- Results of Q3:
1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR / McLaren-Mercedes) 1:47.338
(average: 234.907 kph)
2. Felipe Massa (BRA / Ferrari) 1:47.678 3. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN / McLaren-Mercedes) 1:47.815 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN / Ferrari) 1:47.992 5. Nick Heidfeld (GER / BMW Sauber) 1:48.315 6. Fernando Alonso (ESP / Renault) 1:48.504 7. Mark Webber (AUS / Red Bull-Renault) 1:48.736 8. Robert Kubica (POL / BMW Sauber) 1:48.763 9. Sebastien Bourdais (FRA / Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:48.951 10. Sebastian Vettel (GER / Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:50.319
-- The elimination in Q2:
11. Jarno Trulli (ITA / Toyota)
12. Nelsinho Piquet (BRA / Renault)
13. Timo Glock (GER / Toyota)
14. David Coulthard (GBR / Red Bull-Renault)
15. Nico Rosberg (GER / Williams-Toyota)
-- Dropped in Q1:
16. Rubens Barrichello (BRA / Honda)
17. Jenson Button (GBR / Honda)
18. Adrian Sutil (GER / Ferrari Force-India)
19. Kazuki Nakajima (JPN / Williams-Toyota)
20. Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA / Force India-Ferrari)
Note: when rankings are divided into three parts. In the first (Q1) all cars are on track for 20 minutes. Only the 16 best days are left in the race for second stage (Q2), which lasts 15 minutes. Finally, the 10 best in the Q2 Fighting for 'pole position' during the 10 minutes of the third phase (Q3).
-- Parrilla output Belgium Grand Prix Formula 1:
-- First line:
Lewis Hamilton (GBR / McLaren-Mercedes)
Felipe Massa (BRA / Ferrari)
-- Second line:
Heikki Kovalainen (FIN / McLaren-Mercedes)
Kimi Raikkonen (FIN / Ferrari)
-- Third row:
Nick Heidfeld (GER / BMW Sauber)
Fernando Alonso (ESP / Renault)
-- Fourth row:
Mark Webber (AUS / Red Bull-Renault)
Robert Kubica (POL / BMW Sauber)
-- Fifth row:
Sebastien Bourdais (FRA / Toro Rosso-Ferrari)
Sebastian Vettel (GER / Toro Rosso-Ferrari)
-- Sixth row:
Jarno Trulli (ITA / Toyota)
Nelsinho Piquet (BRA / Renault)
-- Seventh row:
Timo Glock (GER / Toyota)
David Coulthard (GBR / Red Bull-Renault)
-- Eighth row:
Nico Rosberg (GER / Williams-Toyota)
Rubens Barrichello (BRA / Honda)
-- Ninth row:
Jenson Button (GBR / Honda)
Adrian Sutil (GER / Ferrari Force-India)
-- Tenth row:
Kazuki Nakajima (JPN / Williams-Toyota)
Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA / Force India-Ferrari)
