massa on pole.....
The battle for the Pole Position this afternoon in Brazil was a close affair with home-town hero Felipe Massa getting the job done in his Ferrari by just over a tenth of a second from his nearest rival.
Massa is the only one of the top four on the grid who is not a championship contender in this, the final race of the season, as he aims to repeat his win from last year. Critically for Massa and his hopes of victory, it is championship leader Lewis Hamilton who lines up alongside him on the front row of the grid and not team-mate Kimi Raikkonen who starts third.
Massa’s 1:11.931s lap was actually faster than any other lap in the qualifying session indicating that he is on a relatively light fuel load. The same can probably be said for Hamilton who pushed very hard on his final run to join the Brazilian on the front row.
Kimi Raikkonen’s final qualifying run saw him pass Hamilton who had just exited the pits. Perhaps a little distracted by the McLaren, the Finn ran wide and lost those critical fractions of a second. He has little to lose on the run into turn one tomorrow however... For Fernando Alonso, it was a disappointing session as he never had the pace to challenge for the pole position, but he still starts a competitive fourth as he chases his third straight title.
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