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Racing on back-to-back weekends, the Formula 1 teams of the 2013 world championship tour left the United Kingdom for Germany to run the storied Nurburgring race track. Despite the turmoil resulting from some high profile tire problems at the British Grand Prix, Mercedes AMG driver Nico Rosberg gained headlines for the race victory. Staged in the home country of Mercedes-Benz, the German Grand Prix is the perfect place for the Mercedes-AMG to continue their recent emergence as a consistent Formula 1 front-runner. Qualifying for the German round of the 2013 Formula 1 season, one Mercedes-AMG car has delivered a patriotic display.
Taking pole for the German Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton outran Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel with a lap time of 1 minute, 29.398 seconds. The German Grand Prix pole position for Hamilton grants the Brit his second-straight race starting from the prime grid spot. The Formula 1 at the Nurburgring will also be the fifth consecutive event where Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes AMG car is starting on the front row. As for the team, Mercedes-AMG has become a real force to be reckon with in 2013 Formula 1 qualifying. Six of the last seven Formula 1 events have involved one of the Mercedes-Benz so-called "Silver Arrows" starting from pole for Sunday's main race. While Lewis Hamilton was at the top of the time sheet after Q3, Mercedes AMG teammate Nico Rosberg is positioned 11th after just missing the final 10-car timed session.
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While the 2013 German Grand Prix will feature a national manufacturer in on the pole, the front row contents an additional German presence. Three-time and reigning Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel was a little more than a tenth of a second short of Hamilton. Despite failing to finish the British Grand Prix last week, the German Red Bull-Renault pilot continue to preside over a 21-point lead in the 2013 Drivers' standings.
One-tenth of a second slower than Vettel, the second Red Bull-Renault of Mark Webber will start 3rd. Webber is starting alongside Kimi Raikkonen. With Raikkonen in fourth and Lotus F1 Team partner Romain Grosjean in fifth place are quickly trying to regain the early season promise in the organization.
From sixth through eighth place, Ferrari engined vehicles featured one of the Italian car company's customers gaining an advantage over the factory effort. Taking sixth in Q3, the Toro Rosso-Ferrari wheeled by Daniel Ricciardo was half a second faster than Fernando Alonso's Ferrari race car. Felipe Massa joins teammate Alonso creating an all-Ferrari fourth row for the start of the German Grand Prix Sunday.
Sunday's running of the 60-lap German Prix Grand Prix is expected to take place in warm, sunny weather.
2013 Formula 1
German Grand Prix
Qualifying Results
| Pos # | Car # | Driver | Team | Engine |
| 1 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG | Mercedes-Benz |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | Renault |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Renault |
| 4 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus | Renault |
| 5 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | Renault |
| 6 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Ferrari |
| 7 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Ferrari |
| 8 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | Ferrari |
| 9 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Mercedes-Benz |
| 10 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | Ferrari |
| 11 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG | Mercedes-Benz |
| 12 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India | Mercedes-Benz |
| 13 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren | Mercedes-Benz |
| 14 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | Ferrari |
| 15 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Mercedes-Benz |
| 16 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Ferrari |
| 17 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams F1 | Renault |
| 18 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams F1 | Renault |
| 19 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham | Renault |
| 20 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | Cosworth |
| 21 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | Renault |
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia | Cosworth |
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