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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 530495" data-attributes="member: 185281"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/795/6531/" target="_blank">Official Qualifying Result</a>It is the mid-point of the season, and the championship has arrived at Silverstone.The man in the spotlight of the home crowd was McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, but Hamilton couldn't deliver this afternoon. Topping qualifying session 2, all was looking good for the Brit until he entered into the business end of Q3. He went wide at Priory and rode the dirt, spoiling one of his flying laps. His second attempt had been compromised by this, and so he was unable to overhaul Kimi Raikkonen's provisional pole time.Ferrari take pole again? No, not this time.Kovalainen was coming around and was sure to take pole, blasting away all previous sector times. But that was not the whole story, as before Kova could be seen coming through Woodcote to take top spot, the car of Mark Webber appeared as if by magic to steal 2nd spot on the grid from Kimi!The top 2 in the Drivers' Championship, Felipe Massa and Robert Kubica, were conspicuous in their absence from the fight for pole. Kubica was prevented from setting a time in Q3 due to mechnical problems in the pits, while Massa was perhaps dealt a harsher blow - he set a time, but a wheel nut stopped him for going out for the all-important 2nd flying run. Massa is 9th, Kubica in 10th.Kubica's Q3 no-show allowed teammate Nick Heidfeld to finally outqualify him for the first time this season by going 5th. Behind Heidfeld is the Renault duo of Alonso (6th) and Piquet (7th), and qualifying in 8th was Sebastian Vettel - impressive considering Sebastien Bourdais in the partner Toro Rosso sits in 13th.Hamilton was not the only Brit to have a bad day on home soil. David Coulthard, racing in his final British GP after announcing his retiring at season's end earlier this week, only just missed out on a place in Q3 in 11th, and Jenson Button's 17th is no surprise in the horrible Honda.</blockquote>

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