Felipe Massa was beaming after qualifying in Brazil, having ended the day best of the rest behind the dominant McLaren and Red Bull pairings. The leading Ferrari driver, having out-qualified Fernando Alonso for the second time in one week, starts two places ahead of the Spaniard and just one behind championship leader Sebastian Vettel.
“I’m very happy, that was a fantastic lap,” Massa, who won at home in both 2006 and 2008, told BBC Sport. “A really great performance – it was impossible to do better because McLaren and Red Bull are just faster. Now I need to concentrate on race.
“I’ll try everything I can tomorrow. I don’t know about the weather…everybody’s saying it will be wet and we know how Interlagos is. The only thing I need to do is concentrate on my own race and try to get a fantastic result in front of my people. I’ve won a few times here and this feels like pole, so I hope I can do a similar job tomorrow!”
Massa could have easily won three consecutive Brazilian Grands Prix, as he gave up his 2007 success to allow then team-mate Kimi Räikkönen to win the world title.
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:12.458 | 21 |
| 2. | J. Button | McLaren | 01:12.513 | 20 |
| 3. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:12.581 | 22 |
| 4. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:12.760 | 19 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:12.987 | 25 |
| 6. | P. Maldonado | Williams | 01:13.174 | 24 |
| 7. | N. Hulkenberg | Force India | 01:13.206 | 23 |
| 8. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:13.253 | 25 |
| 9. | K. Raikkonen | Lotus | 01:13.298 | 22 |
| 10. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:13.489 | 26 |
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