Grand Prix Special, Monaco Qualifying

F1
May 25, 2008
May 25, 2008

It’s all change from last year when the Ferraris struggled to match the pace of the McLarens, as Massa took pole with his team-mate alongside him.

It looked like the front row would have been made up of the Kimster and Hamilton, however, a blisteringly quick lap by Massa, late on in Q3, moved everyone down a place.

Coulthard escaped a huge crash in Q2 on the way out of the tunnel, but is still planning start the race tomorrow from 10th on the grid.

As for tomorrow; Monaco is a notoriously hard circuit on which to overtake so if the Ferrari’s race pace is as quick as their qualifying, Lewis and Heikki certainly have their work cut out for them. However, if the forecast of rain materializes, who knows what will happen… The first race without traction control in the wet, through the street of the Principality isn’t something I want to miss.

Qualifying

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1. Massa Ferrari 1:15.190 1:15.110 1:15.787
2. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:15.717 1:15.404 1:15.815
3. Hamilton McLaren 1:15.582 1:15.322 1:15.839
4. Kovalainen McLaren 1:15.295 1:15.389 1:16.165
5. Kubica BMW 1:15.977 1:15.483 1:16.171
6. Rosberg Williams 1:15.935 1:15.287 1:16.548
7. Alonso Renault 1:16.646 1:15.827 1:16.852
8. Trulli Toyota 1:16.306 1:15.598 1:17.203
9. Webber Red Bull 1:16.074 1:15.745 1:17.343
10. Coulthard Red Bull 1:16.086 1:15.839 No time
11. Glock Toyota 1:16.285 1:15.907
12. Button Honda 1:16.259 1:16.101
13. Heidfeld BMW 1:16.650 1:16.455
14. Nakajima Williams 1:16.756 1:16.479
15. Barrichello Honda 1:16.208 1:16.537
16. Bourdais STR 1:16.806 No time
17. Piquet Renault 1:16.933
18. Vettel STR 1:16.955
19. Sutil F India 1:17.225
20. Fisichella F India 1:17.823

Ed Foster

Ed returned from a stint in Milan, working on the Italian version of Autocar, and joined the team in August 2007 for nigh-on 10 years. As website editor, Ed wrote various features and is a regular contributor to TV and radio. He was awarded the MSA/Renault Young Motoring Journalist of the Year in January 2009 and the New Media Award in 2012.

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