McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen dashed Michael Schumacher's hopes of pole position for Ferrari's home Italian Grand Prix on Saturday.
MONZA: McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen dashed Michael Schumacher's hopes of pole position for Ferrari's home Italian Grand Prix on Saturday.
The Finn pipped the seven times champion by just 0.002 seconds. Ferrari's Schumacher, in what will be his final European appearance if he announces on Sunday that he is retiring at the end of the season, lines up alongside on the front row with title rival Fernando Alonso in fifth.
BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld was third quickest and shares the second row with Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa.
Alonso leads Schumacher by 12 points with four races remaining.
Qualifying could have gone far worse for Renault's championship leader, who suffered a rear right tyre failure during the final session and had to limp back to the pits with the clock ticking down.
Formula One Grand Prix of Italy qualifying result
1. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) McLaren 1:21.484
2. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari 1:21.486
3. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:21.653
4. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:21.704
5. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 1:21.829
6. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1:22.011
7. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:22.258
8. Pedro de la Rosa (Spain) McLaren 1:22.280
9. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 1:22.787
10. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Renault 1:23.175
11. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:21.924
12. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Cosworth 1:22.203
13. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Toyota 1:22.280
14. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull - Ferrari 1:22.589
15. Scott Speed (US) Toro Rosso - Cosworth 1:23.165
16. Christian Klien (Austria) RedBull - Ferrari
17. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso - Cosworth 1:23.043
18. Christijan Albers (Netherlands) MF1 - Toyota 1:23.116
19. Mark Webber (Australia) Williams - Cosworth 1:23.341
20. Tiago Monteiro (Portugal) MF1 - Toyota 1:23.920
21. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri - Honda 1:24.289
22. Sakon Yamamoto (Japan) Super Aguri - Honda 1:26.001
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