A last-gasp lap gave Lewis Hamilton top spot on the grid for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.

Lewis Hamilton secured the ninth pole position of his Formula One career with another last-gap lap to steal top spot away from Ferrari's Felipe Massa at Hockenheim.

The McLaren driver had managed only second to the Brazilian first time around, after running through dust thrown onto the track by team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, but bounced back as the chequered flag waved to pip Massa by just under two tenths.

The Ferrari driver had appeared to be Hamilton's biggest rival throughout qualifying and so it proved, with Kovalainen unable to do anything about the Brazilian on his final run, which ultimately left him third, despite a wild run through the last corner.

Fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen, however, was struggling, his Ferrari looking a handful on every lap. Although he clawed his way up to second on his final run, the world champion will start only sixth after later improvements.

Jarno Trulli completed the last lap of the session to vault into fourth, demoting Fernando Alonso one spot, while Robert Kubica, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard round out the top five rows.

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