Grosjean takes Hockenheim pole

Grosjean (ASM) took his fourth pole of the year and is now eight points clear of rival Sebastien Buemi, who could only manage the fifth fastest time in his Mucke Motorsport car.

Grosjean lapped in 1:32.805, nearly two tenths clear of teammate Nico Hulkenberg.

Yelmer Buurman was third quickest for Manor Motorsport, ahead of ASM's Kamui Kobayashi. Behind Buemi, Filip Salaquarda will start sixth for HBR.

Edoardo Mortara (Signature) and James Jakes (Manor) will start from the fourth row.

Grosjean said: "My car was incredibly good in qualifying. I wanted this pole and I gave everything to get it.

"It was particularly important because of the bonus point that is awarded. It is good that I have a teammate behind me and that my main rival is only fifth."

The top Volkswagen engine was Maxi Gotz (RC Motorsport) down in 17th position.

Pos  Driver                 Car                   Time       
 1.  Romain Grosjean        Dallara/Mercedes       1:32.805
 2.  N.Hulkenberg           Dallara/Mercedes       1:32.983  + 0.178
 3.  Yelmer Buurman         Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.244  + 0.439
 4.  Kamui Kobayashi        Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.314  + 0.509
 5.  Sebastien Buemi        Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.359  + 0.554
 6.  Filip Salaquarda       Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.443  + 0.638
 7.  Edoardo Mortara        Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.524  + 0.719
 8.  James Jakes            Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.651  + 0.846
 9.  R.van der Zande        Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.713  + 0.908
10.  Franck Mailleux        Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.756  + 0.951
11.  Yann Clairay           Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.791  + 0.986
12.  Daniel Clos            Dallara/Mercedes       1:33.844  + 1.039
13.  Tom Dillmann           Dallara/Mercedes       1:34.104  + 1.299
14.  Tim Sandtler           Dallara/Mercedes       1:34.155  + 1.350
15.  Cyndie Allemann        Dallara/Mercedes       1:34.266  + 1.461
16.  Jean-Karl Vernay       Dallara/Mercedes       1:34.322  + 1.517
17.  Maximilian Gotz        Dallara/Volkswagen     1:34.363  + 1.558
18.  H.Schlegelmilch        Dallara/Mercedes       1:34.413  + 1.608
19.  Edoardo Piscopo        Dallara/Mercedes       1:34.521  + 1.716
20.  Carlo van Dam          Dallara/Volkswagen     1:34.531  + 1.726
21.  Michael Patrizi        Dallara/Mercedes       1:34.542  + 1.737
22.  Marco Holzer           Dallara/Volkswagen     1:34.629  + 1.824
23.  Basil Shaaban          Dallara/Mercedes       1:34.768  + 1.963
24.  Sergei Afanasiev       Dallara/Mercedes       1:36.101  + 3.296