In a weird twist of events, Felipe Massa who is not even in the reckoning for the world championship got pole position for the final and deciding race of the formula one season. But its advantage Lewis Hamilton as he starts from second place ahead of rivals and championship contenders Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Mclare boss Ron Dennis seems to believe its all over now and that it will be an easy race for Lewis Hamilton.

“It’s almost all in his hands now. We’ve got a bit of work to do but nothing too serious and it will be a good, clean fight for the championship.”

But it was anything but a clean fight with allegations of Lewis Hamilton impeding Kimi Raikkonen coming through. Lewis apologised for the ‘unintentional’ error, while Kimi hinted that it lost him some time.

Kimi Raikkonen: “Of course it would have been better to be on pole position but third place is certainly no bad thing and leaves me in a good position for tomorrow’s race, also in light of the strategy we have chosen and the performance of the car. On my final flying lap, I lost precious time at turn 4 because of Hamilton: it is a real shame but there is no point in recriminations over what has happened. I am confident that I will be able to keep my chances alive right to the end.”

2007 formula one Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying times:

1. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1 min 11.931 secs
2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:12.082
3. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1:12.322
4. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren 1:12.356
5. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull – Renault 1:12.928
6. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:13.081
7. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:13.129
8. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:13.195
9. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull – Renault 1:13.272
10. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams – Toyota 1:13.477
11. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 1:12.932
12. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Renault 1:12.968
13. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso – Ferrari 1:13.058
14. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso – Ferrari 1:13.251
15. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Toyota 1:13.351
16. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1:13.469
17. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) Renault 1:14.078
18. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri – Honda 1:14.098
19. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams – Toyota 1:14.417
20. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri – Honda 1:14.596
21. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Spyker – Ferrari 1:15.217
22. Sakon Yamamoto (Japan) Spyker – Ferrari 1:15.487

Images : Ferrari Media Â