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Alonso does not mind too much starting tenth at Spa because he expects rain for the race and has prepared his car accordingly. Rain was also forecast for the Q3 and it never came, and this was the result. More to grip in the second sector, which has the most bends, and striated tyres to navigate with the Ferrari in the water. He awaits the race calmly without disappointment, looking at the sky because anything can happen. “If it rains tomorrow we can have hopes of the podium or even win. The start is the least important in the calendar because of the (weather) conditions”. Alonso will be immediately behind Hulkenberg, Sutil, and Barrichello at the beginning of the recovery.
 
Massa, with a different configuration, managed a higher position in the classification. He will start sixth, although if it rains he will have a bad time. Webber won the pole position on the dry track, the twelfth of the season for Red Bull. The leader of the World Championship again starts in the lead six races after doing so in Turkey. Behind him will come Lewis Hamilton who stole the second position from Robert Kubica in the last second. The other Red Bull, that of Vettel, will start fourth.
It was a tense classification in which the rain in the Q1 took out Petrov and caused confusion for the remainder among yellow and red flags. De la Rosa also left the track after risking dry tyres when the track was already drenched and will start 21st. The best off was Alguersuari who achieved his best classification position. He will start eleventh just behind Alonso, although if it doesn’t rain he admits that he will have a bad time on the track.
Michael Schumacher will start 20th (after the penalty imposed on Glock) despite being classified eleventh after being penalised 10 positions to his chagrin for blocking Barrichello’s way in the previous Grand Prix. His team-mate has also been given a penalty and will start five positions after his 12th position for changing the gearbox.
 
 1. Webber       Red Bull-Renault      1m45.778s
 2. Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      1m45.863s
 3. Kubica       Renault               1m46.100s
 4. Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      1m46.127s
 5. Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m46.206s
 6. Massa        Ferrari               1m46.314s
 7. Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m46.602s
 8. Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m46.659s
 9. Hulkenberg   Williams-Cosworth     1m47.053s
10. Alonso       Ferrari               1m47.441s