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Felipe Massa Takes Pole Position in Turkey

Joy Ryder - Sunday 11.05.08, 00:07am

felipeFelipe Massa in the Ferrari is on pole position for tomorrows Grand Prix in Turkey after a flying lap at the end of the final qualifying session today.

In second place is Heikki Kovalainen for McLaren Mercedes but only just ahead of his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton.

The reigning World Champion, Kimi Raikkonen starts in fourth position followed by Robert Kubica in the outstanding BMW Sauber in fifth.

Mark Webber was impressive again, to qualify in sixth position for the Red Bull Renault team and ahead of  Fernando Alonso who will start in seventh.

In eighth position is Jarno Trulli for Toyota ahead of the second BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld in ninth and David Coulthard, at last, back in the top ten drivers.

The Williams driver, Nico Rosberg will start in eleventh place alongside Rubens Barrichello, who will be starting his 257th Grand Prix from twelfth on the grid.

Jenson Button in just behind his Honda team-mate in thirteenth with Sebastian Vettel in fourteenth in the Toro Rosso Ferrari.

Fifteenth place went to Timo Glock, well behind his team-mate,  but ahead of Kazuki Nakajima for Williams. Nakajima had a spin on his first run of the day and never really recovered.

Nelson Piquet was in seventeenth position followed by Sebastien Bourdais, who had earlier had to abandon his qualifying run.

The two Force India drivers line-up at the back of the grid with Adrian Sutil now in nineteenth and Giancarlo Fisichella moved back to twentieth. Fisichella was penalised after going through the pit light while it was showing red.

Here are the Qualifying Results;

1. Felipe Massa (Bra) Ferrari one minute, 27.617 secs
2. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren 1:27.808
3. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren 1:27.923
4. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:27.936
5. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:28.390
6. Mark Webber (Aus) RedBull - Renault 1:28.417
7. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:28.422
8. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:28.836
9. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:28.882
10. David Coulthard (GB) RedBull - Renault 1:29.959
11. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams - Toyota 1:27.012
12. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Honda 1:27.219
13. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:27.298
14. Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:27.412
15. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota 1:27.806
16. Kazuki Nakajima (Jap) Williams - Toyota 1:27.547
17. Nelson Piquet (Bra) Renault 1:27.568
18. Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:27.621
19. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India - Ferrari 1:27.807
20. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India - Ferrari 1:28.325
     
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