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Even though he openly admits the Principality doesn’t rank among his favorite tracks, Felipe Massa took his third pole of the year in qualifying for Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix.
The Ferrari ace didn’t rank among the favorites as the session kicked off, but in his last lap managed to just dislodge teammate Kimi Raikkonen by less than 0.03sec and claim the premier starting position with a best time of 1:15.787. The Finn, who leads his Brazilian colleague by eight points in the championship, had to settle for second.
Row two is an all-McLaren affair, with Lewis Hamilton falling just 0.05sec short of Massa and a scant 0.024 behind Raikkonen. Heikki Kovalainen, who crashed during morning practice exiting the Swimming Pool chicane, came 0.3sec further back.
"I still cannot believe I am on pole," said Massa. "It is unbelievable. I put everything together to learn some tricks in some corners and also having a great car [but] I still cannot believe I am on pole.
"I saw I was missing some time in a couple of corners and I saw the lap time was not far away from Kimi and Lewis. I think it was a couple of tenths slower but I knew I was able to improve a little bit. I managed to do everything the same in every corner and I am on pole."
The Brazilian also admitted that rain is a concern for tomorrow: "There are a lot of theoretical problems like the rain which can come at any time. But I'm looking forward to having a great race tomorrow whatever conditions we have."
Hamilton, the fastest man in practice yesterday, confessed he did not expect the Ferrari duo to be so quick: "We thought we would be a little bit quicker, but were surprised by the Ferrari pace. I was happy with how the session went: my lap was quite good, there were no problems with traffic, and the car felt generally good. I felt I had two solid laps."
BMW’s Robert Kubica rounded out the top-five, ahead of Williams’ Nico Rosberg, who was second in practice yesterday. Renault’s Fernando Alonso and Toyota’s Jarno Trullo came next.
On the 10th row are the Red Bulls of Mark Webber and David Coulthard, though the Scot never ventured out in the final segment of knockout
Stuck in Q2 were the Toyota of Timo Glock on the 11th spot ahead of Jenson Button’s Honda and BMW’s Nick Heidfeld, who’s enduring a tough weekend after losing plenty of practice time yesterday due to mechanical failure. Still scoreless in ’08, Rubens Barrichello was visibly disappointed about qualifying his Honda on the 15th position.
The Q3 crowd was led by Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Bourdais, who edged Renault’s Nelson Piquet for P16. The Brazilian rookie survived a hairy moment when he lost the rear of his R28 entering the tunnel – Piquet managed to keep the car off the barriers but his finest lap thus far was ruined. Sebastian Vettel in the second STR and the Force India duo of Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella wrapped up the results, but Sutil will gain a spot as both Vettel and Fisichella are subject to five-spot grid penalties for unscheduled gearbox changes this weekend.
Monaco Grand Prix - Qualifying results:
1) Massa, Ferrari, 1:15.787
2) Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:15.815
3) Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:15.839
4) Kovalainen, McLaren-Mercedes, 1:16.165
5) Kubica, BMW Sauber, 1:16.171
6) Rosberg, Williams-Toyota, 1:16.548
7) Alonso, Renault, 1:16.852
8) Trulli, Toyota, 1:17.203
9) Webber, Red Bull-Renault, 1:17.343
10) Coulthard, Red Bull-Renault, No time
11) Glock, Toyota, 1:15.907
12) Button, Honda, 1:16.101
13) Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 1:16.455
14) Nakajima, Williams-Toyota, 1:16.479
15) Barrichello, Honda, 1:16.537
16) Bourdais, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, 1:16.806
17) Piquet, Renault, 1:16.933
18) Vettel, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, 1:16.955
19) Sutil, Force India-Ferrari, 1:17.225
20) Fisichella, Force India-Ferrari, 1:17.823
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