Webber's accident leaves Red Bull relying on his team-mate, the inexperienced German Sebastian Vettel, for their testing in the meantime.
German Sebastian Vettel has been promoted to the senior Red Bull team, while his 2008 Toro Rosso team-mate Sebastien Bourdais may not be retained.
Last month they dropped American Scott Speed in favour of German Sebastian Vettel with immediate effect, and now Bourdais will replace Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi.
"I really have a skill where I am able to put a previous disappointment behind me, " Hamilton said, referring to the Monza race, which was won by German Sebastian Vettel.
For Vettel the German Grand Prix will be the the sixth time in 11 races he has started on pole and the German, who is 24 points behind Hamilton with nine races to go, admitted this pole position had been hard work.
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All eyes were on former Ferrari star Schumacher, who qualified in seventh place, but it was the 41-year-old German's younger compatriot Vettel who seemed set to place an early benchmark for 2010.
Traffic was also an issue for Sebastian Vettel, the German finishing only 16th fastest and being fortunate not to damage his car after running wide and throwing up clouds of dust at Turn 11.
But Alonso came home seventh behind Vettel, crowning the German champion.
With team-mate Felipe Massa qualifying third, half a second behind Alonso and pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel, and ahead of the German's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, it was Ferrari's best qualifying result of the season so far.
But Vettel, who grew up idolizing his fellow German, continues in hot pursuit.
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In that 2011 Turkish Grand Prix, Red Bull duo Vettel and Webber finished first and second respectively but the German, a three-time world champion, concedes that his team's driving is having a negative effect on the Pirellis.
Equally, if Alonso finishes fifth or worse and Vettel wins then the title would go to Webber's German team-mate.
Vettel completed 96 laps following the 30 minute wait and the German driver was left impressed with the car's reliability.
If he won, Button needed Vettel not to score points to keep the championship alive but the German finished third behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
The German was 0.356secs ahead of Button's McLaren in third, with Massa, Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton were next up.
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Many F1 insiders believe that if the situation was reversed, and Vettel was closer to Alonso in the standings, then Webber would be called upon to support the German driver's challenge.
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