Monaco, 25 May

Fernando Alonso was sixth fastest in today’s qualifying. The Spaniard was the only Ferrari driver on track, as Felipe Massa was unable to take part.

Despite a tour de force from all the crew here at the track, the Brazilian’s seriously damaged car could not be repaired in time following the accident in this morning’s free practice and Felipe had to watch the session from the pits. He will start from the back of the grid tomorrow.

In Q1, all the cars used intermediate tyres because of the drizzle falling on the Monegasque track and Alonso was a comfortable third come the end. In Q2, the track gradually dried and after a first run on intermediates, all the cars came in to switch to the Super Soft slick. On his last lap, Fernando set the fifth fastest time.

In the final part, all the cars used Super Soft and Alonso was sixth, which will see him start from Row 3 for tomorrow’s race. Pole went to Nico Rosberg who took his Mercedes round in 1.13.876.