Alonso Brings First Pole for Ferrari in 2 Years at Monza

The first pole for Italian team Ferrari in the last two years couldn't have been celebrated better than on the team's home court, at Monza. Tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix will see Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso start in the front of the pack, being seconded on the front row by McLaren's Jenson Button (1m 22.084s). Alonso scored 1m 21.962s, the only under 1m 22s lap of the day.

The Italian GP would have been even more exciting for the Prancing Horse's fans had the second Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa, managed to complete the front row. Massa however only managed to finish the qualifying third.

At the opposite end, Red Bull racing had perhaps the worst qualifying in the 2010 season. Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel ended up fourth and sixth on tomorrow's grid, with leader Lewis Hamilton caught in between the two.

Webber's problems were caused by practice breakdowns, including an airbox fire earlier in the morning of the qualifying.

"We might have to run a slightly more conservative setting on that engine," Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner said according to GMM. "It's nothing for us to be too concerned about."

1. Alonso                  Ferrari
2. Button                   McLaren-Mercedes
3. Massa                   Ferrari
4. Webber                 Red Bull-Renault
5. Hamilton               McLaren-Mercedes
6. Vettel                      Red Bull-Renault
7. Rosberg                Mercedes
8. Hulkenberg           Williams-Cosworth
9. Kubica                    Renault
10. Barrichello           Williams-Cosworth
11. Sutil                      Force India-Mercedes
12. Schumacher       Mercedes
13. Kobayashi          Sauber-Ferrari
14. Buemi                 Toro Rosso-Ferrari
15. Petrov                  Renault
16. Alguersuari        Toro Rosso-Ferrari
17. de la Rosa         Sauber-Ferrari
18. Trulli                    Lotus-Cosworth
19. Kovalainen         Lotus-Cosworth
20. Liuzzi                  Force India-Mercedes
21. Glock                  Virgin-Cosworth
22. di Grassi           Virgin-Cosworth
23. Senna                HRT-Cosworth
24. Yamamoto        HRT-Cosworth