British driver Lewis Hamilton planted his McLaren-Mercedes Benz on pole position for Sunday’s Grand Prix of Europe held in the streets of Valencia, Spain.

It will be the first McLaren 1-2 sweep in qualification this year as his teammate Heikki Kovalainen will start the race alongside the rengning World Champion.

They will be followed by Rubens Barrichello in the best placed Brawn-Mercedes and Sebastian Vettel in the Red-Bull Renault.

Championship leader Jenson Button will start from 5th place in the second Brawn GP car.

Starting grid:

1. row
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 1'39"498 - Q3
Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 1'39"532 - Q3
2. row
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 1'39"563 - Q3
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 1'39"789 - Q3
3. row
Jenson Button (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 1'39"821 - Q3
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F60) - 1'40"144 - Q3
4. row
Nico Rosberg (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 1'40"185 - Q3
Fernando Alonso (Renault R29) - 1'40"236 - Q3
5. row
Mark Webber (Red Bull RB5-Renault) - 1'40"239 - Q3
Robert Kubica (BMW F1.09) - 1'40"512 - Q3
6. row
Nick Heidfeld (BMW F1.09) - 1'38"826 - Q2
Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1'38"846 - Q2
7. row
Timo Glock (Toyota TF109) - 1'38"991 - Q2
Romain Grosjean (Renault R29) - 1'39"040 - Q2
8. row
Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1'39"514 - Q2
Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1'39"531 - Q1
9. row
Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 1'39"795 - Q1
Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF109) - 1'39"807 - Q1
10. row
Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1'39"925 - Q1
Luca Badoer (Ferrari F60) - 1'41"413 – Q1

Unofficial timing




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