Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Italian Grand Prix with a lap he called “half decent”. He beat team-mate Jenson Button by a tenth. Felipe Massa kept Ferrari fans happy with third, but Fernando Alonso was back in 10th, after troubles getting the car working.
Paul di Resta was fourth but will drop five places to ninth. Michael Schumacher was fifth ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Kimi Raikkonen and Kamui Kobayashi.
Joe, was Alonso’s lap just a bad lap or might Ferrari have made a setup change geared more towards a race configuration? Is there a “race day” setup for Monza?
I don’t understand what happened to Alonso. Dominant in Q1 & Q2 and suddenly he can’t make the car work. What ‘tweaks’ are made between Q2 and Q3?
After securing pole position Lewis Hamilton looked distinctly ‘underwhelmed’. An unusual reaction. Was it perhaps that of a man who is regretting signing in haste for team when the one he for which he currently drives is starting to dominate?
…correction to above… ‘for another team’…
Surely “troubles getting the car working” suggests driver error, whereas driving around a failed component isn’t the same thing at all?