Massa beats Hamilton to pole in Euro GP

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

VALENCIA, Spain (AFP) — Felipe Massa of Ferrari took pole position here Saturday for Sunday's European Grand Prix ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton following a hotly-contested qualifying session.

Brazilian Massa timed 1 min 38.989sec to see off Hamilton by 0.2sec and the BMW Sauber of Pole Robert Kubica after turning in a scintillating final lap.

Defending champion and Massa teammate Kimi Raikkonen will start the race at the new Valencia circuit fourth on the grid ahead of Heikki Kovalainen's Mclaren and German surprise package Sebastian Vettel of Toro Rosso.

The Spanish fans were left disappointed at the showing of Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso, who could only manage 12th for his worst grid placing this season.

The 27-year-old...

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