Pastor put it on pole again in the Principality. Pastor Maldonado has repeated his triumphs of last year by claiming pole in Monaco once again, taking the top spot in this afternoon's qualifying session despite constant pressure from Bruno Senna and Mike Conway. Maldonado's best lap of 1:21.057 was set halfway through the session, putting himself at the head of the timesheets despite touching the wall on entry to the tunnel: his rivals pushed hard to match the Venezuelan's time but just missed out, with a red flag in the closing stages of the session putting paid to their efforts. Just behind the top three Valles managed to hold on to fourth position despite his accident, just ahead of Giorgio Pantano, Karun Chandhok, Romain Grosjean and Sébastien Buemi, with the first 14 drivers covered by just one second despite the usual traffic woes. With so many drivers this close on the timesheets, tomorrow's race promises to be a race not to be missed. Monaco - Qualifying 1. Pastor Maldonado Piquet Sports 1:21.057 2. Bruno Senna iSport International 1:21.235 3. Mike Conway Trident Racing 1:21.283 4. Adrian Valles BCN Competicion 1:21.368 5. Giorgio Pantano Racing Engineering 1:21.466 6. Karun Chandhok iSport International 1:21.614 7. Romain Grosjean ART Grand Prix 1:21.663 8. Sébastien Buemi Trust Team Arden 1:21.663 9. Andreas Zuber Piquet Sports 1:21.667 10. Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dams 1:21.773 11. Alvaro Parente Super Nova Racing 1:21.777 12. Luca Filippi ART Grand Prix 1:21.849 13. Vitaly Petrov Barwa International Campos Team 1:21.907 14. Adam Carroll Fisichella Motor Sport International 1:21.981 15. Christian Bakerud Super Nova Racing 1:22.210 16. Ben Hanley Barwa international Campos Team 1:22.697 17. Kamui Kobayashi Dams 1:22.785 18. Yelmer Buurman Trust Team Arden 1:22.802 19. Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:23.048 20 Diego Nunes DPR 1:23.224 21. Milos Pavlovic BCN Competicion 1:23.684 22. Ho-Pin Tung Trident Racing 1:23.798 23. Alberto Valerio Durango 1:24.037 24. Roldan Rodriguez Fisichella Motor Sport International 1:24.283 25 Marcello Puglisi Durango 1:24.633 26. Andy Soucek DPR
GP2: Maldonado magnificent in Monaco