2008 Turkish GP, Qualifying: Felipe Massa on pole 

Written by David on May 10th, 2008 at 4:55 pmLast Update: May 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pm

Felipe MassaFerrari’s Felipe Massa has snatched once again the pole position in today’s qualifying session for the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix. The Brazilian who clocked a 1:27.617 on his second flying lap was followed by McLaren-Mercedes’ duo with Heikki Kovalainen (1:27.808) ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton (1:27.923). Massa’s teammate and temporary championship leader Kimi Raikkonen managed to get only P4 for Sunday’s grid as on his attempt got caught behind Renault’s Fernando Alonso.

BMW’s Robert Kubica finished fifth with a 1:28.390 and was followed by Red Bull’s Mark Webber (6th – 1:28.417), Fernando Alonso (7th – 1:28.422), Jarno Trulli (8th – 1:28.836), Nick Heidfeld (9th – 1:28.882) and David Coulthard (10th – 1:29.959).

2008 Turkish Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.994 1:26.192 1:27.617 16
2 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.736 1:26.290 1:27.808 16
3 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.192 1:26.477 1:27.923 15
4 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.457 1:26.050 1:27.936 17
5 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:26.761 1:26.129 1:28.390 17
6 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:26.773 1:26.466 1:28.417 17
7 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:26.836 1:26.522 1:28.422 18
8 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:26.695 1:26.822 1:28.836 20
9 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:27.107 1:26.607 1:28.882 20
10 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:26.939 1:26.520 1:29.959 16
11 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:27.367 1:27.012 13
12 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:27.355 1:27.219 13
13 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:27.428 1:27.298 14
14 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:27.442 1:27.412 15
15 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:26.614 1:27.806 15
16 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:27.547 9
17 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:27.568 7
18 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:27.621 8
19 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:27.807 10
20 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:28.325 9

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