For the first time in 14 months, Mark Webber achieved back-to-back pole positions, overshadowing Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel at the Nurburgring.
In a surprising turn, Lewis Hamilton succeeded in splitting the two Red Bull drivers, securing a second-place start for tomorrow’s German Grand Prix, missing pole position by a mere 0.065 seconds.
Yesterday, Hamilton noted that he believed he had no shot at claiming the top spot on the grid, yet he delivered an impressive performance that granted him a front-row position for the first time since the season’s second race in Malaysia.
In a noteworthy statistic for Vettel, this marks the first occasion in 15 races—dating back to last year’s Italian Grand Prix in September—where the defending world champion is not positioned on the front row.
