Hamilton on Pole for Spa Race 1

In wet conditions, the British pair continued to trade fastest times, with Hamilton eventually beating Rossiter by nearly half a second.

It was Hamilton's fourth pole in six races, and he is currently holding an 11-point Championship lead over Rossiter.

Many drivers had their fastest laps cancelled after they set them under red flag conditions.

Loic Duval could have eclipsed Hamilton's time with the fastest first sector time on his last lap, however he crashed before he completed the lap. A similar fate befell race two pole-sitter Adrian Sutil, who ended the session third.

Fabio Carbone finished fourth after his mechanics worked until repairing his car after he crashed heavily in yesterday's qualifying session.

The session was red-flagged twice, firstly for an accident for Greg Franchi and then for Marco Bonanomi, who had a large accident at Eau Rouge. Bonanomi was taken away in an ambulance, and his condition is not yet known.

Spa Francorchamps Qualifying Race 1 - Results:

Pos  Driver               Team                     Time      Laps
 1.  Lewis Hamilton       ASM F3                   2:33.705  12
 2.  James Rossiter       Signature-Plus           +  0.459  10
 3.  Adrian Sutil         ASM F3                   +  1.543  11
 4.  Fabio Carbone        Signature                +  1.851  11
 5.  Guillaume Moreau     Signature                +  1.921  10
 6.  Loic Duval           Signature-Plus           +  2.027  11
 7.  Sebastian Vettel     ASL Mucke Motorsport     +  2.592  11
 8.  Paul di Resta        Manor Motorsport         +  2.931  10
 9.  Kohei Hirate         Team Rosberg             +  3.122  11
10.  Hannes Neuhauser     HBR Motorsport           +  3.581  12
11.  Atila Abreu          R ASL Mucke Motorsport   +  3.691  12
12.  Lucas di Grassi      Manor Motorsport         +  4.037  11
13.  Richard Antinucci    Team Midland Euroseries  +  4.181  10
14.  Giedo van der Garde  Team Rosberg             +  4.489  10
15.  Franck Perera        Prema Powerteam          +  6.011  11
16.  Ross Zwolsman                                 +  6.245  11
17.  Esteban Guerrieri    Team Midland Euroseries  +  6.419  12
18.  Maximilian G?tz      HBR Motorsport           +  7.522  11
19.  Filip Salaquarda     Team I.S.R.              +  7.954  10
20.  Alejandro Nunez      HBR Motorsport           +  8.681  10
21.  Marco Bonanomi       Prema Powerteam          +  8.738   6
22.  Thomas Holzer        AM-Holzer Rennsport      +  8.905  11