http://bit.ly/nGFh5K Mechanics work on Lewis Hamilton's car next his clash with Pastor Maldonado at Belgian Grand Prix qualifying. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Photographs

Sebastian Vettel produced it nine pole positions in twelve races, pushing Lewis Hamilton into second spot in qualifying with Mark Webber and Felipe Massa on the second row for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
For a second Hamilton was top of the timings ahead of becoming pipped by Vettel at the stop. But it was an even a lot more disappointing session for Hamilton's team-mate Jenson Button, who failed to make the best ten for the 1st time this year he will start off the race in 13th area.
There was also an incident involving Hamilton and the Williams driver Pastor Maldonado in Q2. Maldonado appeared to cut across Hamilton and the collision resulted in the British driver having to have his nose cone changed for Q3.
"I am going to have to seem at it," mentioned Hamilton. "The Williams was just sitting there. It was extremely slow. I had to try out and get earlier, which I did. I saw Maldonado approaching very rapidly – he occurred to swipe throughout me.
"My front wing was very ruined. I am going to sit right here and wait for the stewards to phone me up fairly than heading back again to McLaren. The moment the flag was out and the red mild was on there is no require to be racing. There need to never ever be an incident but however there was."
When Maldonado was asked no matter whether he had created a deliberate move on Hamilton he replied: "No, no, I will not." He added: "It was a hard moment, there was no purpose from my facet to have speak to and from the aspect of Lewis. It was not wet problems and we want to recognize what transpired. There was no require for speak to following the chequered flag." The two drivers had been summoned by the stewards.
It was common Spa weather conditions, with rain and sunshine creating it challenging for the team to piece collectively a strategy. Button was quick early on but ended up not qualifying for the top rated-10 shoot-out. "It was a misunderstanding," he explained. "I did my first lap and then cooled the tyres not knowing I failed to have any laps left. I was 2nd quickest when I did my lap and then I failed to get one more likelihood. Wow, that is massively disappointing and a large shock. A huge mistake on our element. In each and every apply session we've been in best 3. It really is difficult becoming back again in 13th but we have got to offer with it."
Conversing about his two McLaren drivers, the group principal, Martin Whitmarsh, explained: "We need to have been far more proactive. Jenson backed out on a quickening monitor and on that previous lap he should have been pushing.
"Jenson lifted. We ought to have been quicker to react and inform him to hold pushing. It is disappointing. We did not converse quickly adequate."
Whitmarsh described the Hamilton-Maldonado clash as "fairly extraordinary". He extra: "Abruptly Maldonado chopped throughout him and he could quickly have taken Lewis out of qualifying. We ended up fortunate to be capable to get Lewis back again out there. We altered the entrance wing but I will not think we ought to be declaring he would have been on pole. It was an inconvenient incident."

one. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault
2 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren three Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault
four Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari
5 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes
6 Jaime Alguersuari (Spain) Toro Rosso - Ferrari
7 Bruno Senna (Brazil) Renault
8 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari
nine Sergio Pérez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari
ten Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Renault
eleven Sébastien Buemi (Switzerland) Toro Rosso - Ferrari
12 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) Sauber - Ferrari
thirteen Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren
14 Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Williams - Cosworth
fifteen Adrian Sutil (Germany) Pressure India - Mercedes
16 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - Cosworth
17 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Lotus - Renault
18 Paul Di Resta (Britain) Pressure India - Mercedes
19 Jarno Trulli (Italy) Lotus - Renault 20 Timo Glock (Germany) Virgin - Cosworth
21 Jérôme d'Ambrosio (Belgium) Virgin - Cosworth
22 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) HRT - Cosworth
23 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) HRT - Cosworth
24 Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes