Fernando Alonso in pole for F1 Italian grand prix

Spain's Fernando Alonso seized Ferrari's first pole position in 31 races today in his first Italian grand prix for Formula One's most successful team. Ferrari had not taken pole since November 2008, when Felipe Massa filled the top slot on the grid at his home Brazilian grand prix.

McLaren's world champion, Jenson Button, will start alongside the Spaniard on the front row, with Massa in third place and the Australian Mark Webber fourth for Red Bull.

The championship leader, Lewis Hamilton, will line up on the third row with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

Alonso and Button ended Red Bull's run of 17 successive races with at least one driver on the front row and it is only the second time this season that the championship-leading team has not taken pole.


Italian grand prix qualifying results
1 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1 min 21.962s

2 Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1:22.084

3 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:22.293

4 Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull-Renault 1:22.433

5 Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:22.623

6. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull-Renault 1:22.675

7 Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:23.027

8 Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Williams-Cosworth 1:23.037

9 Robert Kubica (Poland) Renault 1:23.039

10 Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Williams-Cosworth 1:23.328

11 Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India-Mercedes 1:23.199

12 Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes 1:23.388

13 Kamui Kobayashi (Japan) BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:23.659

14 Sebastien Buemi (Switzerland) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.681

15 Vitaly Petrov (Russia) Renault 1:23.819

16 Jaime Alguersuari (Spain) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.919

17 Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:24.044

18 Jarno Trulli (Italy) Lotus-Cosworth 1:25.540

19 Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Lotus-Cosworth 1:25.742

20 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Force India-Mercedes 1:25.774

21 Timo Glock (Germany) Virgin-Cosworth 1:25.934

22 Lucas Di Grassi (Brazil) Virgin-Cosworth 1:25.974

23 Bruno Senna (Brazil) HRT-Cosworth 1:26.847

24 Sakon Yamamoto (Japan) HRT-Cosworth 1:27.020
(from guardian)

Should be a good race

Looking forward to this race....



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Me too, Go Button !!!! :):):)