FERRARI'S Felipe Massa is in pole position for Formula 1's first ever night race in Singapore following a scorching final lap in qualifying.
His fastest lap, under floodlights on the Marina Bay street circuit, was six tenths of a second quicker than McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, with fellow Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen slotting in in third and BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica taking fourth spot on
the grid.
Bad luck dogged Renault's Fernando Alonso, who was going great guns until a suspected fuel supply problem saw him slip to 15th.
Brackley-based Honda's Jenson Button will start Sunday's grand prix in 12th spot, with fellow driver Rubens Barichello in 18th place.
Giancarlo Fisichella, driving for Silverstone-based Force India, saw his weekend go from bad to worse, following up his crash in practice with a second smash in the first qualifying session before he had even completed a lap. Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil finished 19th on the grid.
Singapore Grand Prix Qualifying Results1. MASSA Ferrari
2. HAMILTON McLaren
3. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
4. KUBICA BMW
5. KOVALAINEN McLaren
6. HEIDFELD BMW
7. VETTEL Toro Rosso
8. GLOCK Toyota
9. ROSBERG Williams
10. NAKAJIMA Williams
11. TRULLI Toyota
12. BUTTON Honda
13. WEBBER Red Bull
14. COULTHARD Red Bull
15. ALONSO Renault
16. PIQUET Renault
17. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso
18. BARRICHELLO Honda
19. SUTIL Force India
20. FISICHELLA Force India
