Qualifying: Felipe Massa on pole 2008 Monaco GP

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa has snatched the pole position for tomorrow’s Monaco Grand Prix. The Brazilian, who topped the timesheets in all three sessions, was followed by teammate Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren Mercedes duo with Lewis Hamilton ahead of Heikki Kovalainen. Fifth position on the grid for BMW’s Robert Kubica, sixth for an excellent in Q1 and Q2 Nico Rosberg, seventh for Renault’s Fernando Alonso, eighth for Toyota’s Jarno Trulli and ninth for Red Bull’s Mark Webber. Tenth position on Monte Carlo’s grid for David Coulthard, who, following a collision into the barriers was unable to compete in Q3.

2008 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:15.190	1:15.110	1:15.787	20
2	1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:15.717	1:15.404	1:15.815	19
3	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.582	1:15.322	1:15.839	20
4	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.295	1:15.389	1:16.165	25
5	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:15.977	1:15.483	1:16.171	18
6	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:15.935	1:15.287	1:16.548	24
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:16.646	1:15.827	1:16.852	20
8	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:16.306	1:15.598	1:17.203	21
9	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:16.074	1:15.745	1:17.343	19
10	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:16.086	1:15.839	no time	18
11	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	1:16.285	1:15.907		16
12	16	Jenson Button	Honda	1:16.259	1:16.101		13
13	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:16.650	1:16.455		14
14	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:16.756	1:16.479		16
15	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:16.208	1:16.537		12
16	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	1:16.806			9
17	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	1:16.933			8
18	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:16.955			11
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:17.225			12
20	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:17.823			8