Qualifying 2010 Belgian Grand Prix



lucas di grassi qualified 23rd.


the conditions dramatically improved ahead of second session lap times improving ten seconds immediately. wet conditions played hands of kovalainen , glock, 2 drivers trading blows vitantonio liuzzi before circuit dried out , gap between lotus, virgin , established teams opened up. kovalainen finished 16th , glock 17th, though glut of penalties – including 1 glock deemed have blocked hispania s sakon yamamoto – meant kovalainen start race thirteenth on grid. elsewhere, michael schumacher narrowly missed cut final session , qualified eleventh, retroactive penalty meaning start race in 21st; german unconcerned following weather forecasts predicted rain. nico rosberg qualified twelfth, gearbox change ahead of qualifying netted him five-place grid penalty of own. jaime alguersuari , vitantonio liuzzi qualified thirteenth , fourteenth respectively, start race eleventh , twelfth virtue of mercedes penalties. alguersuari s scuderia toro rosso team-mate sébastien buemi finished session 16th overall, issued three-place penalty blocking rosberg, penalties schumacher, rosberg , glock negated , swiss driver started race in 16th.


the final session marked shower @ end compromised many drivers, particularly fernando alonso. ferrari driver manage tenth on all, best time half second slower nico hülkenberg in ninth. jenson button expressed frustration @ shower, still able qualify fifth. mark webber claimed red bull s twelfth pole in thirteen races – drawing ever closer williams 1992 record of fifteen poles in sixteen races – ahead of lewis hamilton in second mclaren. robert kubica third, despite fuel pick-up problem meant able complete 1 flying lap. sebastian vettel fourth ahead of button, countrymen felipe massa , rubens barrichello sixth , seventh. adrian sutil claimed eighth ahead of hülkenberg , alonso.







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