Nico Rosberg secured pole position for his home German GP to capitalise on yet more qualifying woe for Lewis Hamilton after a car failure sent his British GP team-mate crashing out in Q1. On a Saturday of wildly contrasting fortunes for F1's two runaway championship challengers, Hamilton was consigned to a disastrous starting position on row eight for Sunday's Hockenheim race after a right-front brake disc failure pitched him into a heavy shunt with the barriers when holding the fastest time in the first stage of qualifying.Braking for the banked left-handed Sachs corner, Hamilton was sent spiralling off the circuit by the fault and, sounding as if he had been winded, immediately said over...
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