Formula 1 Jam

Mc Laren stamped its domination over the Monaco Grand Prix qualification by sealing first and second. Alonso sealed his first pole of the season in dramatic fashion after an impressive Lewis Hamlinton’s final attempt was disrupted by a slowing car.

The biggest incident of the evening was Kimi Raikonnen crashing out of Q2. The Finn brushed the wall at Rascasse and nearly caused a major shunt when Massa who was following him almost tagged him from behind. The contact damaged his steering and ended his qualification session.

The session resolved to less of a lottery after the rain seen in Saturday practice moved away. Q1 was run mostly on a green track and early in the session pole changed multiple hands until the top cars came out. Mc Laren and Ferrari stood out as the class of the field in a session which saw Albers, Sato, Ralf, Sutil, Speed and Davidson eliminated. Heartbreak for Super Aguri which looked very good in recent races.

Q2 had loads of drama, it started by the Kimi’s unfortunate incident and later a charged up Heikki was blocked by David Coulthard. Heikki who was fighting to make it the final session looked like he had almost managed it untill the Scot who was on a warmup lap refused to move over. David was later penalised by the stewards who demoted him to the bottom of Q2. The drivers who failed to make the final cut were Coulthard, Kimi, Heikki, Trulli, Liuzzi and Wurz.

Q3 saw the comeback of Renault of sorts. The World Champions finally looked like they were fighting with the best as Fisichella held third for almost the length of the session. Fisichella’s performance in the past few races has raised quiet a few eyebrows, the Italian was once again impressive here challenging the Ferrari of Massa. But it would be the Brazillian who would seal third ahead of the Italian. Followed closely by Rosberg and Webber. Heidfeld, Kubica, Barrichello and Button made up the rest of the top ten.

Honda finally look like they have got their act together but we need to see the fact that Button would have not made it to Q3 if not for Coulthard’s unfortunate demotion.

So everything looks set for an impressive Monaco Grand Prix. The rain and the jumbled grid has truly made this race a spectacle to be looked forward to.