SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (REUTERS) - Lewis Hamilton took his fourth pole position in a row for Mercedes on Saturday, after a rain-hit qualifying session at the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix.
The 2008 world champion, the last man across the line, will be joined on the front row by Red Bull's championship leader and triple world champion Sebastian Vettel.
Australian Mark Webber qualified third for Red Bull, with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg fourth. Ferrari's title contender Fernando Alonso could qualify only ninth.
The grid:
1 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 2min 1.012sec.
2 Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull-Renault 2:01.200
3 Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull-Renault 2:01.325
4 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 2:02.251
5 Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India-Mercedes 2:02.332
6 Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 2:03.075
7 Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus-Renault 2:03.081
8 Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus-Renault 2:03.390
9 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 2:03.482
10 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 2:04.059
Knocked out in Q2:
11 Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Sauber-Ferrari 1:49.088
12 Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India-Mercedes 1:49.103
13 Sergio Perez (Mexico) McLaren 1:49.304
14 Giedo van der Garde (Netherlands) Caterham-Renault 1:52.036
15 Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia-Cosworth 1:52.563
16 Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia-Cosworth 1:52.762
Knocked out in Q1:
17 Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams-Renault 2:03.072
18 Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2:03.300
19 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2:03.317
20 Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Renault 2:03.432
21 Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber-Ferrari 2:04.324
22 Charles Pic (France) Caterham-Renault 2:07.384
