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German Grand Prix qualifying photos

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren is fastest in final practice on an overcast morning at the Nurburgring with world championship leader Jenson Button only 11th quickest ahead of qualifying

The unpredictable weather in the Eifel Mountains threatens to have a say in qualifying with showers on the horizon

Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais is a man under pressure at Toro Rosso and his cause is not helped by going slowest in first qualifying and joining the five drop-outs

A heavy shower creates havoc in the second qualifying session and the drivers, including Button, are forced back to the pits for intermediate tyres

Button's Brawn team-mate Rubens Barrichello spots an opportunity and switches to dry tyres before posting the quickest time in Q2, ahead of fellow Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr in the Renault

Former world champion Fernando Alonso is a high-profile casualty in Q2, the Spaniard out-qualified by Renault team-mate Piquet for the first time

But German Adrian Sutil revels in the conditions at his home Grand Prix, the 26-year-old takes Force India into the qualifying top 10 shoot-out for the first time and will start from seventh on the grid