
Mark Webber performance has been a revelation this season, despite being tagged “number 2″ driver at Red Bull.
The Australian secured his first pole of the season at the Spa, and is now a firm favorite considering he won F1′s previous leg in Hungary.
Webber left the best for last during Q3, and held off a challenge by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who was 0.085 hundreth of a seconds behind, and with that he will start second from the grid.
Renault’s Robert Kubica was third during qualifying.
Belgium GP Sat. Qualifying (28 Aug 2010)
- Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) Q1 – 1:57.352 / Q2 – 1:47.253 / Q3 – 1:45.778 [21 laps]
- Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) Q1 – 1:56.706 / Q2 – 1:46.211 / Q3 – 1:45.863 [18 laps]
- Robert Kubica (Renault) Q1 – 1:56.041 / Q2 – 1:47.320 / Q3 – 1:46.100 [19 laps]
- Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) Q1 – 1:58.487 / Q2 – 1:47.245 / Q3 – 1:46.127 [23 laps]
- Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) Q1 – 1:57.981 / Q2 – 1:46.790 / Q3 – 1:46.206 [18 laps]
- Felipe Massa (Ferrari) Q1 – 1:58.323 / Q2 – 1:47.322 / Q3 – 1:46.314 [20 laps]
- Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) Q1 – 1:55.757 / Q2 – 1:47.797 / Q3 – 1:46.602 [19 laps]
- Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) Q1 – 1:58.730 / Q2 – 1:47.292 / Q3 – 1:46.659 [18 laps]
- Nico Hulkenberg (Williams-Cosworth) Q1 – 1:55.442 / Q2 – 1:47.821 / Q3 – 1:47.053 [20 laps]
- Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) Q1 – 1:57.023 / Q2 – 1:47.544 / Q3 – 1:47.441 [21 laps]
- Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP) Q1 – 1:56.313 / Q2 – 1:47.874 [16 laps]
- Nico Rosberg (Mercedes GP) Q1 – 1:54.826 / Q2 – 1:47.885 [16 laps]
- Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) Q1 – 1:58.944 / Q2 – 1:48.267 [17 laps]
- Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India-Mercedes) Q1 – 2:01.102 / Q2 – 1:48.680 [14 laps]
- Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) Q1 – 2:00.386 / Q2 – 1:49.209 [16 laps]
- Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth) Q1 – 2:01.343 / Q2 – 1:50.980 [12 laps]
- Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) Q1 – 2:01.316 / Q2 – 1:52.049 [16 laps]
- Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth) Q1 – 2:01.491 [9 laps]
- Kamui Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari) Q1 – 2:02.284 [6 laps]
- Bruno Senna (HRT-Cosworth) Q1 – 2:03.612 [7 laps]
- Sakon Yamamoto (HRT-Cosworth) Q1 – 2:03.941 [8 laps]
- Pedro de la Rosa (BMW Sauber-Ferrari) Q1 – 2:05.294 [6 laps]
- Lucas di Grassi (Virgin-Cosworth) Q1 – 2:18.754 [5 laps]
- Vitaly Petrov (Renault) Q1 – No time [1 laps]