Rosberg on pole as Hamilton crashes
Nico Rosberg claimed the pole position for the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim home track, but it was a sweet and bitter qualifying for Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton crashed out in Q1 when his right-front brake disc failed entering the Sachskurve and missed to enter the Q2.
Behind Rosberg, Williams claimed the second and third positions with Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, whilst McLaren’s Kevin Magnussen and Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo completed the top five.
Reigning champion Sebastian Vettel finished sixth in the other Red Bull, just ahead the first Ferrari of Fernando Alonso and the impressive Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso-Renault. The young Russian edged out the two Force Indias on row five as Niko Hulkenberg pipped his team mate Sergo Perez.
German Grand Prix - Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:17.631 | 1:17.109 | 1:16.540 | 17 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:18.215 | 1:17.353 | 1:16.759 | 15 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:18.381 | 1:17.370 | 1:17.078 | 21 |
| 4 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.260 | 1:17.788 | 1:17.214 | 17 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:18.117 | 1:17.855 | 1:17.273 | 19 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:18.194 | 1:17.646 | 1:17.577 | 16 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:18.389 | 1:17.866 | 1:17.649 | 19 |
| 8 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:18.530 | 1:18.103 | 1:17.965 | 22 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.927 | 1:18.017 | 1:18.014 | 21 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.916 | 1:18.161 | 1:18.035 | 21 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.425 | 1:18.193 | 15 | |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:18.534 | 1:18.273 | 13 | |
| 13 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:18.496 | 1:18.285 | 14 | |
| 14 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:18.739 | 1:18.787 | 14 | |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:18.894 | 1:18.983 | 14 | |
| 16 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.683 | 5 | ||
| 17 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:19.142 | 8 | ||
| 18 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:19.676 | 8 | ||
| 19 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:20.195 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:20.408 | 7 | ||
| 21 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:20.489 | 9 | ||
| DNS | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault |
