Sahara Force India's Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil were 12th and 15th fastest in the Formula 1 German Grand Prix qualifying here Saturday.
Lewis Hamilton zoomed to his second successive pole position for Mercedes with a time of 1:29.398, ahead of the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel (1:29.501) and Mark Webber (1:29.608).
Force India were eliminated in Q2. Di Resta clocked 1:30.697 and Sutil 1:31.010.
It is for the first time in four races that Force Indias will not start Sunday's race in the top 10.