Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel snatched the Pole position for Sunday’s race at the Spa Francorchamps Circuit, here in Belgium. This is the 9^th pole for the defending champion, for this season. McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who set the fastest lap in Q2, took the second position, after a thrilling qualifying round. Red Bull’s another driver Mark Webber, who set the fastest lap in Friday’s practice session, made it to the third position in the grid while Ferrari’s Felipe Massa came fourth.

The qualifying session did not go well for the former seven times World Champ Michael Schumacher, who made his debut in this circuit 20 years ago, of Marcedes. During the Q1 Schumacher’s right rear tire came off the car and therefore he had to retire. During the Q2 Hamilton involved in two collisions with the Williams rookie Maldonado. Hamilton said over the team radio that his car was hit deliberately. Maldonado got five grid penalty for collision with Hamilton and Hamilton just received a warning. No good news for Indian Formula 1 fans, as Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta took the 15^th and 18^th position consecutively.

If you look at the past results, only three times pole sitters have won the race in this circuit since 1991. But history is history. We can certainly expect an exciting race in Spa Francorchamps. As far as Red Bull’s performance is concerned it does not seem like they are going to lose.

Here is the Qualifying Results:

1. Sebastian Vettel                          Red Bull-Renault             1m 48.298s
2. Lewis Hamilton                             McLaren-Mercedes       1m 48.730s
3. Mark Webber                                Red Bull-Renault              1m 49.376s
4. Felipe Massa                                 Ferrari-Ferrari                   1m 50.526s
5. Nico Rosberg                                 Mercedes-Mercedes    1m 50.552s
6. Jaime Alguersuari                        Toro Rosso-Ferrari          1m 50.773s
7. Bruno Senna                                                  Renault-Renault              1m 51.121s
8. Fernando Alonso                         Ferrari-Ferrari                    1m 51.251s
9. Sergio Perez                                   Sauber-Ferrari                  1m 51.374s
10. Vitaly Petrov                               Renault-Renault              1m 52.303s
11. Sebastien Buemi                       Toro Rosso-Ferrari          2m 04.692s
12. Kamui Kobayashi                       Sauber-Ferrari                  2m 04.757s
13. Jenson Button                            McLaren-Mercedes        2m 05.150s
14. Rubens Barrichello                   Williams-Cosworth          2m 07.349s
15. Adrian Sutil                                  Force India-Mercedes  2m 07.777s
16. Pastor Maldonado                    Williams-Cosworth         2m 08.106s#
17. Heikki Kovalainen                     Lotus-Renault                   2m 08.354s
18. Paul di Resta                               Force India-Mercedes  2m 07.758s
19. Jarno Trulli                                   Lotus-Renault                   2m 08.773s
20. Timo Glock                                   Virgin-Cosworth              2m 09.566s
21. Jerome d’Ambrosio                 Virgin-Cosworth              2m 11.601s
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi                        HRT-Cosworth                  2m 11.616s
23. Daniel Ricciardo                         HRT-Cosworth                  2m 13.077s
24. Michael Schumacher                Mercedes-Mercedes    no time