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Sebastian Vettel claimed his second pole in a row for Red Bull at Silverstone.

Brawn's Rubens Barrichello managed to split the Red Bulls on the grid, as Mark Webber slipped from provisional pole to third on the grid.

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Championship leader Jenson Button was only sixth, behind Toyota's Jarno Trulli and Williams's Kazuki Nakajima.

Reigning champion and last year's Silverstone winner Lewis Hamilton endured the worst qualifying session of his Formula One career, ending up 19th on the grid after his last Q1 run was halted by red flags for a massive accident involving Adrian Sutil.

The Force India driver was unhurt after his car hit the tyre barriers. Early reports suggest he had brake problems.

1 Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) 1:18.685

2 Barrichello(Brawn-Mercedes) 1:19.856

3 Webber (Red Bull-Renault) 1:19.868

4 Trulli (Toyota) 1:20.091

5 Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) 1:20.216

6 Button (Brawn-Mercedes) 1:20.289

7 Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) 1:20.361

8 Glock (Toyota) 1:20.490

9 Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1:20.715

10 Alonso (Renault) 1:20.741

11 Massa (Ferrari) 1:18.927

12 Kubica (BMW-Sauber) 1:19.308

13 Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:19.353

14 Piquet (Renault) 1:19.392

15 Heidfeld (BMW-Sauber) 1:19.448

16 Fisichella (Force India-Mercedes) 1:19.802

17 Bourdais (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:19.898

18 Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 1:19.909

19 Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:19.917

20 Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1:20.236

All timing unofficial

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