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The Honda Racing F1 Team's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello will line up for the start of tomorrow's United States Grand Prix from the 7th and 8th rows of the grid. They qualified in 13th and 15th positions respectively today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which basked in ambient temperatures of up to 35°C.
The Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers will have to start Sunday's US Grand Prix from tenth row. Scott Speed hoped he could do something special in his home Grand Prix but so far the Californian driver is having a difficult weekend.
The starting positions for the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.
Red Bull's qualifying session for the American Grand Prix went well with Mark Webber getting into Q3 and ending up ninth and with David Coulthard just falling short of Q3 but will start in a respectable 11th. The Scot might feel aggrieved to have missed out on Q3 having been in the top ten during most of the practice sessions but is pleased given the competitive nature of the midfield battle. Meanwhile the team is confident that it has a good strategy in place for Webber, who will be looking to score his first points of the season.
The Spyker Formula 1 team will once again start Sunday's race from the last row. Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers completed six and seven laps respectively on the soft Bridgestone Potenzas in the first 15-minute Qualifying segment to end the session just 0.4secs apart.
Lewis Hamilton exclaimed that he is surprised to have snatched pole from Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard has been quickest around the Indianapolis circuit all weekend only for the 22-year-old to be faster when it really counted in the final session of qualifying.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton pips McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso to pole at the US Grand Prix.
Check out the times from all three parts of qualifying at Indianapolis.
USA GP: Qualifying - Times
Hamilton tops the timesheets when it matters most
McLaren rookie beats Alonso again to take second pole in as many races; Massa and Raikkonen to share row two.
Follow our live updates from Indianapolis as we follow the action from all three sessions of Saturday afternoon's qualifying session.