British Grand Prix - Q3

The good news is that when interviewed by the Beeb earlier, Bernie Ecclestone said that if Donnington Park was not ready to host next year's British Grand Prix, Silverstone would take its place. Hurrah!

The bad news is that a big crash by Adrian Sutil (Force India) in Quali1 caused the session to be red flagged - immediately stopped. Unlucky Lewis Hamilton was on his flying lap at the time so it was over and he will start tomorrow's race in 19th.

It is looking good for Red Bull right now, with Webber and Vettel trading first place between each other. Although as I write, Webber is only seventh fastest in Q3.

It looking bad for Brawn. Button only scraped into Quali3. Barrichello was doing a bit better although, just as I write, has gone first - only to be overtaken by Webber!

Murray Walker was interviewed earlier. What a legend. I miss his predictions and the inevitable disaster that met the driver who he said would win the race. Ah, I also miss James Hunt's sardonic punditry. Brundle is a worthy successor to him though.

I mentioned Williams doing well next year. They are impatient - both have made it into Q3. Great stuff. I saw the Williams CEO being interviewed earlier. He assured the interviewer that Williams would indeed be in the FIA championship next year.

Time's up and the front runners are on their last flying laps. It's over. Vettel has kept pole. Barrichello has come in second. Mark Webber will start third. And Button? He is sixth. I blinked and missed him during this session. I wonder why he didn't do more laps.

One more word - Nakajima of Williams came in fifth. With Rosberg seventh that has got to represent a good day's work for Frank Williams's team.