RedBull's Mark Webber will start tomorrow's Monaco GrandPrix from pole position after Michael Schumacher, who was fastest in qualifying was handed a five place grid penalty for causing an accident with Bruno Senna two week's ago in Barcelona.
As a result it hands Webber his first pole of the 2012 season and it also means that Mark is 5 - 1 in qualifying to his team mate and reigning double World Champion Sebastian Vettel who will start tomorrow's race from 10th on the grid having not set a time in Q3 opting instead to save his tyre's for the race.
After setting the pace on Thursday in practice Lotus were left disappointed as Romain Grosjean qualified 4th while team Kimi Raikkonen only just managed to get into Q3 having been forced to use a set of the super soft tyre's in Q2. The Finn will start the race from 8th on the grid just behind Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa.
It was a mixed day for McLaren as Jenson Button went out in Q2 and will start the race from 13th on the grid unlucky for some but Monaco is so unpredictable anything can happen as JB said himself he has only finished in the points on three occassion's a second, third and a win so watch out for him in the race.
Meanwhile team mate Lewis Hamilton faired a bit better he will start the race from the second row of the grid in 3rd alongside Romain Grosjean.
Michael Schumacher's loss is his team-mate Nico Rosberg's gain as due to Schumacher's penalty Nico will start from the front row in second alongside Webber.
It is certainly set to be an extremely interesting race and fingers crossed history will be made with 6 different winners in the first six races. I reckon Lewis Hamilton could win it but I would love to see Kimi come through to win for Lotus but from 8th place we shall see what happens.
Qualifying is one thing but the race especially in Monaco is a different story altogether.
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