Date:24/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/24/stories/2008082460571600.htm

Sport - Racing : Motor

Felipe Massa takes pole

VALENCIA: Brazilian Felipe Massa put Ferrari on pole position for Sunday’s European Grand Prix with McLaren’s championship leader Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row. The 27-year-old secured his fourth pole of the season, and the 13th of his Formula One career, with a flying lap in the final seconds of Saturday’s qualifying.

Hamilton had already clocked 1:39.199 seconds when Massa roared around Formula One’s newest street circuit with a time of 1:38.989 to push the Briton into second place. Poland’s Robert Kubica qualified in third place for BMW Sauber with Ferrari’s world champion Kimi Raikkonen next to him on the second row.