Ferrari dominate as Massa grabs pole for Monaco GP

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

MONACO (AFP) — Brazilian Felipe Massa secured pole position for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix when he outpaced his Ferrari team-mate and defending champion Kimi Raikkonen in the final seconds of Saturday qualifying.

The Latin American made nonsense of his declared hatred of the unforgiving street circuit in the Mediterranean principality by producing a sublime effort to outpace not only Raikkonen, but also both McLaren drivers.

Raikkonen ended up second ahead of Briton Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren team-mate, Finn Heikki Kovalainen, who was fourth.

They will share the second row of the grid after failing to build on their speed earlier in the weekend.

In effect, this also means that Massa is favourite to grab his third win of the season and the eighth...