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Fernando Alonso marked his Italian Grand Prix debut for Ferrari on Saturday by taking pole position for the Formula One race.
The two-time world champion from Spain set the pace with a lap of one minute, 21.962 seconds for his 19th career pole. It was the Italian team’s first qualifying win since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix—a span of 30 races.
“It was a nice surprise,” Alonso said. “A much better feeling. This was a great achievement by the team—we proved that we were quick.”
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Defending world champion Jenson Button of McLaren finished just over one-tenth of a second slower to start on the front row for the first time in 23 races. Alonso and Button need strong showings in Sunday’s 53-lap race to stay close in the championship fight.
Felipe Massa of Ferrari and Mark Webber of Red Bull fill out the second row, while F1 leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren starts fifth. TSN
Sebastian Vettel was sixth for Red Bull, which had taken pole in 12 of the first 13 races this season.
Nico Rosberg of Mercedes was seventh in qualifying ahead of Williams driver Nico Hulkenberg and Robert Kubica of Renault, while 2009 Italian GP winner Rubens Barrichello will start 10th for Williams.
Michael Schumacher will drive from 12th in his first race at Monza since winning his fifth Italian GP title four years ago. The Associated Press
Pos No Driver Team Laps 1 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 23 2 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 21 3 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 25 4 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 26 5 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 17 6 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 23 7 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 23 8 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 23 9 11 Robert Kubica Renault 18 10 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 26 11 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 16 12 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 19 13 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 17 14 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 19 15 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 17 16 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 19 17 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 16 18 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 10 19 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 11 20 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 3 21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 11 22 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 10 23 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 11 24 20 Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 10
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