Formula One News » Italian Grand Prix: Qualifying – Pole for Hamilton Posted on 08/09/2012
Lewis Hamilton puts it on pole for the Italian Grand Prix, 0.123 seconds up on his McLaren team-mate, Jenson Button; Felipe Massa takes third for Ferrari, with Paul di Resta fourth, although the Brit will drop five places due to a gearbox change; Michael Schumacher sets the fifth best time; Fernando Alonso is only tenth quickest after a technical problem in Q3; Webber goes out in Q2; Nico Hulkenberg is eliminated in Q1 after losing drive…
Italian Grand Prix: Qualifying times
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 24.010s |
| 2. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m 24.133s |
| 3. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 24.247s |
| 4. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m 24.304s* |
| 5. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 24.540s |
| 6. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 24.802s |
| 7. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1m 24.833s |
| 8. | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m 24.855s |
| 9. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 25.109s |
| 10. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1m 25.678s |
| 11. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m 24.809s |
| 12. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m 24.820s** |
| 13. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m 24.901s |
| 14. | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1m 25.042s |
| 15. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 25.312s |
| 16. | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Lotus-Renault | 1m 25.408 |
| 17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m 25.441s |
| 18. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m 26.382s |
| 19. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1m 26.887s |
| 20. | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 27.039s |
| 21. | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m 27.073s |
| 22. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1m 27.441s |
| 23. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1m 27.629s |
| 24. | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | No time |
all times unofficial
* Five-place grid penalty (gearbox change)
**Ten-place grid penalty
Q1 107 percent time: 1m 30.067s

