It's 2 pm, qualifying begin. The sky is covered. The ambient temperature is of 17°C. There is 17°C on the track. The rate of humidity is 66 % and the wind speed approaches 5,5 m.s.

Lewis Hamilton seizes of pole position (1'47"338). The British will have beside him Felipe Massa. Heikki Kovalainen fits between Ferrari drivers. Nick Heidfeld is fifth. Fernando Alonso is classified sixth. Mark Webber raises himself on the seventh position. Robert Kubiça is in retreat (8th). Toro Rosso is ninth and tenth (advantage for Sébastien Bourdais). French delivered his most beautiful session of qualifying of season. Jarno Trulli fails near the top 10. He's eleventh. Nelsinho Piquet has to be satisfied with the twelfth place. Timo Glock occupies the thirteenth rank in front of David Coulthard. Nico Rosberg is fifteenth. German must be extremely disappointed at the conclusion of this "Q2". Heikki Kovalainen was in head in 1'46"037. The first part sees the elimination of five drivers. Rubens Barrichello is sixteenth. The ninth line will be occupied by Jenson Button and Adrian Sutil. Kazuki Nakajima is nineteenth. Japanese driver's FW30 seemed to suffer from sub-bend. He was in trouble in the sector 2. Giancarlo Fisichella is the good last one. Let us note that Sébastien Bourdais signed the best time in 1'46"777.