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
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