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Mark Webber made it a phenomenal 12 pole positions from 13 races this season for Red Bull Racing, as he grabbed top spot for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Following a tricky qualifying session, as a couple of showers over different parts of the Spa circuit created problems, it is the championship leader who will lead away the field after ending team-mate Sebastian Vettel’s run of four successive pole positions.

Webber will have McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton alongside him on the front row, after the Briton missed out by less than a tenth of a second as a light shower at turn one late on arguably cost him pole.

Red Bull have now moved up to joint second on the all-time list as Williams (three times), McLaren (twice), Lotus and Ferrari have all had 12 poles in a season, and are now three short of equalling the record jointly held by Williams and McLaren.

Renault’s Robert Kubica is third, with Vettel and reigning champion Jenson Button behind him in his McLaren, followed by the Ferrari of Felipe Massa.

The Williams duo of Rubens Barrichello – on the occasion of his 300th grand prix – and Nico Hulkenberg are seventh and ninth, sandwiching Force India’s Adrian Sutil, with Fernando Alonso down in 10th in his Ferrari.

After celebrating his 34th birthday on Friday, Webber said: “We knew the first lap was going to be crucial. The weather has been unique, even for Spa because it has been so on and off. So on the first lap I pushed to the limit and it was enough to get me pole halfway through the session. But it was one of those days when it could easily have gone wrong and had egg on your face.”

source the evening standard