Vettel takes German pole - but Ferrari find form at last Vettel took pole - but only just Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will start on pole position at his home Grand Prix in Germany after he edged out Ferrari's Fernando Alonso by a scant 0.002 seconds. Vettel and Alonso will line up at the front of the grid at Hockenheim after the pair were almost inseparable in practice and qualifying. Ferrari's Felipe Massa was back on form and third with the Red Bull of Mark Webber fourth. The McLarens of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton will make up the third row of the grid, with Button in fifth place. Ferrari have only picked up 19 points in the last three races but Alonso's performances in qualifying and practice have suggested he could be the man in the ascendency. Alonso is 47 points behind championship leader Hamilton in the drivers' standings but Sunday's race will be the first time this season he has started on the front row of the grid. And after losing out to Vettel by what equates to 15 centimetres the Spaniard admitted he was surprised to have been so close to taking the top spot ahead of the Red Bulls. "We have to be happy, we are in the first row for the first time, that's a step forward for us," said Alonso. "We expected the Red Bulls to give something more in Q3 as we have seen them do before. We are in a way surprised to be that close and finally fighting for pole position after 10 races, it took a little bit of a long time but now we are very close."     1 Ger Sebastian Vettel 5 Red Bull-Renault 1:13.791 2 Spa Fernando Alonso 8 Ferrari 1:13.793 3 Brz Felipe Massa 7 Ferrari 1:14.290 4 Aus Mark Webber 6 Red Bull-Renault 1:14.347 5 GB Jenson Button 1 McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.427 6 GB Lewis Hamilton 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.566 7 Pol Robert Kubica 11 Renault 1:15.079 8 Brz Rubens Barrichello 9 Williams-Cosworth 1:15.109 9 Ger Nico Rosberg 4 Mercedes GP 1:15.179 10 Ger Nico Hulkenberg 10 Williams-Cosworth 1:15.339 11 Ger Michael Schumacher 3 Mercedes GP 1:15.026 12 Jpn Kamui Kobayashi 23 BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.084 13 Rus Vitaly Petrov 12 Renault 1:15.307 14 Spa Pedro de la Rosa 22 BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:15.550 15 Spa Jaime Alguersuari 17 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.588 16 Swi Sebastien Buemi 16 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:15.974 17 Ita Jarno Trulli 18 Lotus-Cosworth 1:17.583 18 Fin Heikki Kovalainen 19 Lotus-Cosworth 1:18.300 19 Ger Adrian Sutil 14 Force India-Mercedes 1:15.467 20 Ger Timo Glock 24 Virgin-Cosworth 1:18.343 21 Brz Bruno Senna 21 Hispania-Cosworth 1:18.592 22 Ita Vitantonio Liuzzi 15 Force India-Mercedes 1:18.952 23 Jpn Sakon Yamamoto 20 Hispania-Cosworth 1:19.844 24 Brz Lucas di Grassi 25 Virgin-Cosworth No time     {mosimage}