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Hülkenberg on pole at home

ART's Nico Hülkenberg has clinched pole position ahead of his home feature race at the Nürburgring on Saturday. The 21-year-old will head the front row from Spain's Roldan Rodriguez with Lucas di Grassi and Pastor Maldonado behind them. Championship leader Romain Grojean will start from Row 7 and in fourteenth place.

Hülkenberg's best lap of 1.38.161 came after a session-long battle with his rivals for the top spot when he found a clear track with just five minutes remaining to edge his way past.

With rain spotting the track as the session opened, all of the drivers were immediately out to save a banker lap but, with the weather immediately easing, everyone stayed out as long as they could on their first set of tyres to see what they could claim. Luca Filippi, Javier Villa, Lucas di Grassi and Hülkenberg swapped the top spot between them in the opening minutes but, with the Brazilian on top as they returned for fresh rubber, it seemed as though the fight was effectively over.

Rodriguez was the first man back on track and was soon pushing hard; a few minutes later he was on top of the timesheets but Hülkenberg too was on the attack, claiming the top spot just before Filippi, who was also on a hot lap, went too fast into the chicane and lost the rear of his car, spinning and stopping in the middle of the island and prompting yellow flags in the process.

With the difference at the front being just 0.089 seconds, the German pushed for more on the final clear lap but just missed out on improving his time. It was enough, however, and with the top three followed by Pastor Maldonado, Villa, Andreas Zuber, Vitaly Petrov - who fastest in morning practice - and Diego Nunes tomorrow's race promises to bring the heat to a very cold Nürburgring.

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