Nurburg, 6 July

Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were seventh and eighth fastest respectively in this afternoon’s qualifying for the German Grand Prix. Both drivers finished Q3 running the harder Medium tyres, which they will therefore use for the start of the race.

Both men did just a single run in Q1 on the Soft tyre. Alonso set his fastest time on his first lap with a 1.30.709, while Massa’s 1.30.574 came on his second run.

In Q2, the F138 duo set off for two runs, the first on old Softs, before going out with five minutes remaining on new Softs. Felipe was fastest in Q2 with a 1.29.825, with Fernando third on a 1.29.962.

For their first run in the final part of the session, both Ferrari men used the same sets they had used at the end of the previous part, but they didn’t complete a flying lap. The final run on the Mediums saw Massa take seventh spot with a 1.31.126, while Alonso stopped the clocks in 1.31.209 to go eighth. Lewis Hamilton took pole for Mercedes.