Hamilton on Spa pole

Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix edging out Felipe Massa towards the end of the session.

Massa had claimed provisional pole for Ferrari but Hamilton managed a lap of one minute 47.338 seconds - 0.340 seconds quicker in his McLaren.

Heikki Kovalainen in the second McLaren will start third on the grid at Spa with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen fourth.

Nick Heidfeld was fifth fastest in his BMW Sauber with Renault's Fernando Alonso sixth spot ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber.



Grid positions:



1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1 min 47.338 secs



2. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:47.678



3. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 1:47.815



4. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:47.992



5. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:48.315



6. Fernando Alonso (Spn) Renault 1:48.504



7. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:48.736



8. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:48.763



9. Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:48.951



10. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:50.319



11. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:46.949



12. Nelson Piquet (Brz) Renault 1:46.965



13. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:46.995



14. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 1:47.018



15. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1:47.429



16. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:48.153



17. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:48.211



18. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India-Ferrari 1:48.226



19. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota 1:48.268



20. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari 1:48.447