Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton put McLaren on pole position for engine partners Mercedes’ home German Grand Prix on Saturday.
The 23-year-old Briton will share Sunday’s front row with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, the Brazilian who is level on 48 points with Hamilton and his own world champion teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
Raikkonen, on pole at Hockenheim for McLaren in 2005 and 2006, qualified a distant sixth for Ferrari.
McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen will start third with Italian Jarno Trulli fourth for Toyota.
The pole was Hamilton’s third of the season and ninth in 27 Formula One starts. — Reuters