The bunching of the field behind the Safety Car has benefitted Vettel who was up to fourteenth just after the Safety Car came in and is now 12th. Alonso and Buemi have had a big fight for 15th/16th place. Buemi won originally, but Alonso'back in front now.

Vettel is now 11th and eyeing up Petrov for 10th.

Vettel's now 9th with Schumacher next target.

Petrov has now got Alguersuari on his tail.

Vettel challenges Schumacher....and a couple of corners later he powers past.

Up to 8th and there's still eleven laps to go.

Massa has just overcooked the corner and damaged a tyre...off to the pits again for more tyres.
But the team's not ready for him and the stop's a bit longer than it should have been.

Vettel'ss now challenging Sutil for 7th.

And just ahead Barrichello and Kobayashi are having their own battle.

Alonso running wide for the umpteenth time.
Vettel a lot closer to Sutil, but they're running through a yellow flagged area, so can't pass.

Alonso's in the pits now, he has a left rear puncture.

Sutil is holding Vettel up and Schumacher and Hulkenberg are now close behind

Slight error by Sutil and Vettel is through, Schumacher is nearly past Sutil as well, but Sutil recovers in time and holds him off.

Chequered flag, and Webber takes it in first place, with Hamilton second. They have been first and second respectively from the first to last laps. Even through the pit stops.

Result:-

1. Webber
2. Hamilton
3. Rosberg
4. Button
5. Barrachello
6. Kobayashi
7. Vettel
8. Sutil
9. Schumacher
10. Hulkenberg
11. Liuzzi
12. Buemi
12. Petrov
14. Alonso
15. Massa
16. Trulli
17. Kovalainen
18. Glock
19. Chanhok
20. Yamamoto
21. Alguersuari
22. De La Rosa
23. Kubica
24.di Grassi

German Grand Prix

Hockenheim, 23-25 July 2010

Fri 23 Jul: Practice 1 0900-1030; Practice 2 1300-1430

Sat 24 Jul: Practice 3 1000-1100; Qualifying 1300

Sun 25 Jul: Race 1300

Qualifying for the German GP starts at 1300 BST after Sebastian Vettel sets the fastest time in final practice at Hockenheim.

1	Germany	Sebastian Vettel	5	Red Bull-Renault	1:15.103
2	Spain	Fernando Alonso	8	Ferrari	1:15.387

Q1 starts,

Schumacher and Petrov are out, Someone else was also out, but they were only testing that the car was running ok, after an earlier problem.

Liuzzi's just had a big smash....wheels flying across the track....the session has been stopped with 14 minutes and 30 seconds of Q1 still to go.

Prior to the stoppage Hamilton, who crashed in practise and lost a lot of practise time laid down a P4 time.

Doesn't look like the loss of practice is affecting him much.

We're underway again. Liuzzi's out of his car OK, but is not likely to be taking any further part in the proceedings.

Although the track is. on the whole, dry there are a few patches of wetness just off the main line.

Red Bull one and two and the McLarens are 3 and 4

Alonso in the Ferreri has gone fastest while Massa keeps spinning off.

Q1 current drop zone:-

Trulli
Glock
Kovalainen
Senna
Liuzzi
Yamamoto
di Grassi

Q1 confirmed drop zone:-

Trulli
Kovalainen
Glock
Senna
Liuzzi
Yamamoto (Has replaced Chandhok)
di Grassi

Indian Karun Chandhok has been dropped by the Hispania team in favour of their test and reserve driver Sakon Yamamoto for the next grand prix in Germany.

The move comes in the wake of team boss Colin Kolles's decision to drop Brazilian Bruno Senna in favour of the Japanese for the British Grand Prix.

Senna will return for the German GP at Hockenheim on 25 July, where Yamamoto will be the team's other driver.

"I expect to be back for races later in the year," Chandhok told BBC Sport.

Hispania are known to be struggling financially but it is believed they want to evaluate all their drivers before establishing a line-up for 2011.

I expect to be back for some races later in the year Karun Chandhok

Hispania have four drivers under contract - Senna, Chandhok, Yamamoto and Austrian former Jaguar and Red Bull driver Christian Klien, who has driven in Friday practice in place of Senna and Chandhok at two races this season.

It is likely that Klien will be given a run in at least one race as well.

Chandhok, 26, said: "As a racing driver it's obviously not great to be missing races but I'm not in contention for the world championship or in a points battle over anything.

"I came into this team looking to establish myself as a credible, respectable Formula 1 driver and I've done that.

"I expect to be back for some races later in the year.

"The team gave me the chance to be in F1 and I have to respect and support this decision.

"At the moment we are talking only about Hockenheim but with four drivers and two cars, it is probably inevitable I will miss some more races.

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"We will sit down after Hockenheim and talk about the next race, which is in Hungary the following week.

"Then we have the summer break and we will see what happens. It is a little bit up in the air.

"The team are looking towards 2011. I have talked with Jose Ramon Carabante [team owner] about their plans for 2011 today so it's not like there's been a total breakdown between us or anything. It's just something they want to do now."

He added: "I'm quite relaxed about it. As a racing driver, I want to be racing all the time but I'm still in better shape than I was this time last year."

On Saturday at the British GP, Hispania said Senna would be back in his car for the rest of the season.

The team have not commented on reports that Senna was dropped for Silverstone after sending an internal e-mail criticising Kolles.

Yamamoto will drive for Hispania for the next two grands prix

Of the German Grand Prix, 26-year-old Senna said: "I am looking forward to the race in Hockenheim as I have had a podium finish in GP2 in 2008 and I really like this track.

"Hockenheim is one of the circuits where downforce is not as important as Silverstone or Barcelona, so I believe we will be slightly more competitive against the other new teams and I hope to have a good battle against them."

Yamamoto, 28, is also relishing taking on the German track.

"I have a lot of good memories of the circuit in Hockenheim," he said.

"I like the track layout with the passing point at the end of the long straight and also the Stadium sector, which is very challenging."

Hispania are one of three new teams in F1 this year - the others are Lotus and Virgin - and have been the slowest so far.

A team statement said: "Sakon Yamamoto gave a very positive performance in Silverstone, the team has decided to give the Japanese driver another opportunity to drive the car alongside Bruno Senna.

"Karun Chandhok is still part of the Hispania Racing family and is likely to be in the car at some later races this season."

The team endured a troubled start to their debut season, with an internal takeover and subsequent name change from Campos Meta to Hispania in the build-up to the 2010 campaign.

And the Spanish marque only just made it on to the grid for the season-opener in Bahrain in March after a race against time to be ready.

They have managed to bring only one performance update to their cars since the start of the season - a new fuel system for the British Grand Prix that enabled them to run the tank down to empty for the first time.

This gains the car a significant amount of time as each 10kg of fuel (about 12 litres) adds an average of about 0.3 seconds a lap to an F1 car - and the figure is more than 0.4secs at Silverstone.

Another update - a new diffuser and other aerodynamic parts - is scheduled for later in the season but it is unclear when it might appear.

Former Williams, BAR and Red Bull designer Geoff Willis is working with Hispania on a consultancy basis as they seek to develop a competitive package.

Q2, Webber first out.

Cars on the softer tyre seem to be doing a bit better than those on the harder compound.

Massa - Soft tyre - P1

Q2 current drop zone:-

Rosberg
Schumacher
De La Rosa
Sutil
Petrov
Alguersuari
Buemi

Top six:-

2 Ferreris
2 Red Bulls
2 McLarens

Petrov massive improvement, but only makes P11

Rosberg and Schumacher make it into the top ten, but Hulkenberg shoves Schumacher back out.

Q2 confirmed drop zone:-

Schumacher
Kobayashi
Petrov
Sutil
De La Rosa
Alguersuari
Buemi

Hasn't rained so far, but the clouds are hovering.

Q3 current top:-

Alonso
Webber
Hamilton
Massa

Q3 current top:-

Alonso
Vettel
Webber
Hamilton
Massa

Q3 current :-

Alonso
Vettel
Webber
Hamilton
Massa
Button
Kubica
Rosberg
Hulkenberg
Barrichello

Final qualifying positions:-

1. Vettel
2. Alonso
3. Massa
4. Webber
5. Button
6. Hamilton
7. Kubica
8. Barrichello
9. Rosberg
10. Hulkenberg
11. Schumacher
12. Kobayashi
13. Petrov
14. Sutil
15. De La Rosa
16. Alguersuari
17. Buemi
18. Trulli
19. Kovalainen
20. Glock
21. Senna
22. Liuzzi
23. Yamamoto (Has replaced Chandhok)
24. di Grassi

However it is already known that Sutil will be dropped 5 places to 19th.

Race in half an hour and it would seem that Sutil is the only chang in the grid positions from the qualifying positions.

Plentyof action from the start. Vettel concentrates on preventing Alonso from passing and leaves the track wide open for Massa to storm into the lead instead. As Vettel and Alonso return to the centre of the track Vettel finds himself squeezed between the two Ferarri's and drops into third place.
Further down Schumacher gets a good start and gets up to 8th, but Barrichello is going backwards.
Further back still Alguersuari runs into the back of Buemi, resultingin a rear wing loss and puncture for Buemi and loss of front wing for Alguersuari.

Webber runs wide and Hamilton gets past.

Order:-
Massa
Alonso
Vettel
Hamilton
Webber
Button