Mark Webber takes pole for British Grand Prix at Silverstone

The winner of last year's race, Mark Webber, has claimed pole position for Sunday's British Grand Prix, only his second of the season. His Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel completed the front row, with Ferrari claiming third and fourth, but there was disappointment for McLaren at their home race with Jenson Button in fifth place and Lewis Hamilton managing only 10th. Rain affected the qualifying as it has dominated practice here at Silverstone. It began within minutes of the first session, which was run entirely on wet tyres. However the track began to dry during qualifying two and the final minutes saw a shoot-out as the teams switched to fully dry tyres. Mercedes's Michael Schumacher was the hardest hit when, despite his skill in the wet, he could not make the most of the changing conditions and finished in 13th, a disappointment for the seven-times world champion who will surely be hopeful a rain-affected race will allow him to take advantage. Britain's Paul di Resta, however, nailed a storming lap at the end of the session to secure a place in the final shoot-out, again out-qualifying his Force India team-mate, Adrian Sutil, in a fine performance from the rookie at his debut home grand prix. Webber then put in a quick lap early in qualifying three that was to prove decisive. With the early runs complete the teams returned to the pits for a newest of the soft tyres. But as they exited for final flying laps three minutes from time the rain returned. Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg made initial efforts to go faster but had to abandon them as the grip disappeared. It left Lewis Hamilton in 10th with no chance to improve and facing a major task to move through the grid during the race. The session ended with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in third and fourth and Di Resta holding on to a remarkable sixth. The changeable conditions also saw a fine result for Williams's Pastor Maldonado in seventh and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, who secured eighth. The news preceding the session was dominated by discussion of how the off-throttle diffuser rule changes would affect performance but, while that rumbles on and despite protestations from all sides, the status quo at the front of the grid remains, with Red Bull firmly on top. Webber celebrated his race victory last year by proclaiming "not bad for a No2 driver", but has yet to lead a lap this season. He will be expecting to break that duck on Sunday and more importantly that he will still be in front come the chequered flag. "I'm in good shape, prepared well and hope to challenge for the win," he said afterwards. Full qualifying result for the British Grand Prix 1 Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull 1min 30.399secs 2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull 1:30.431 3 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:30.516 4 Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari 1:31.124 5 Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 1:31.898 6 Paul di Resta (GB) Force India 1:31.929 7 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams 1:31.933 8 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber-Ferrari 1:32.128 9 Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:32.209 10 Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren 1:32.376 11 Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India 1:32.617 12 Sergio Pérez (Mex) Sauber-Ferrari 1:32.624 13 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes GP 1:32.656 14 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Renault 1:32.734 15 Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Williams 1:33.119 16 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Renault 1:33.805 17 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Lotus F1 1:34.821 18 Jaime Alguersuari (Sp) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:35.245 19 Sébastien Buemi (Swi) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:35.749 20 Timo Glock (Ger) Virgin Racing 1:36.203 21 Jarno Trulli (It) Lotus F1 1:36.456 22 Jérôme d'Ambrosio (Bel) Virgin Racing 1:37.154 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi (It) HRT-F1 1:37.484 24 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) HRT-F1 1:38.059. • Follow Giles Richards on Twitter throughout the British Grand Prix weekend .