Hakkinen takes pole at Monza
Mika Hakkinen will start tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix from pole position
The Finn dominated qualifying today with a 1.22.432 lap of the circuit, which no other driver was able to match.
It is Hakkinen's 11th pole of the season, and a boost for his championship hopes as his main rival for the title, Eddie Irvine, is down in eighth position.
Irvine is more than a second slower than Hakkinen, and two-tenths behind current team-mate Mika Salo - who starts from sixth on the grid tomorrow.
Hakkinen's team-mate David Coulthard will start from third behind Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who put in a stunning 1.22.926 behind Hakkinen.
But it was Italian Alessandro Zanardi who stole the show. He put in a blistering lap in his Williams to claim fourth on the grid alongside Coulthard.
His team-mate Ralf Schumacher will start fifth, ahead of Mika Salo and Rubens Barrichello.
|
Position |
Driver |
Team |
Time |
|
1 |
M Hakkinen |
McLaren |
1.22.432 |
|
2 |
H-H Frentzen |
Jordan |
1.22.926 |
|
3 |
D Coulthard |
McLaren |
1.23.177 |
|
4 |
A Zanardi |
Williams |
1.23.432 |
|
5 |
R Schumacher |
Williams |
1.23.636 |
|
6 |
M Salo |
Ferrari |
1.23.657 |
|
7 |
R Barrichello |
Stewart |
1.23.739 |
|
8 |
E Irvine |
Ferrari |
1.23.765 |
|
9 |
D Hill |
Jordan |
1.23.979 |
|
10 |
O Panis |
Prost |
1.24.016 |
|
11 |
J Villeneuve |
BAR |
1.24.188 |
|
12 |
J Trulli |
Prost |
1.24.293 |
|
13 |
J Alesi |
Sauber |
1.24.591 |
|
14 |
A Wurz |
Benetton |
1.24.593 |
|
15 |
J Herbert |
Stewart |
1.24.594 |
|
16 |
P Diniz |
Sauber |
1.24.596 |
|
17 |
G Fisichella |
Benetton |
1.24.862 |
|
18 |
R Zonta |
BAR |
1.25.114 |
|
19 |
L Badoer |
Minardi |
1.25.348 |
|
20 |
M Gene |
Minardi |
1.25.695 |
|
21 |
P De la Rosa |
Arrows |
1.26.383 |
|
22 |
T Takagi |
Arrows |
1.26.509 |
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