Kimi Raikkonen set the pace in the Q1 session in Hockenheim, with rain threatening and the teams rushing to get times on the board. Second fastest was Sergio Perez’s Sauber, ahead of Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso, Pastor Maldonado, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Nico Hulkenberg, Paul di Resta and Sebastian Vettel. Michael Schumacher scrambled into the last qualifying place at the last minute, leaving Jean-Eric Vergne and the usual Caterhams, Marussias and HRTs to not go through.
Then it started raining…
