Massa claims pole for Malaysian Grand Prix

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa claimed pole position for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix after coming out on top in a thrilling three-way shootout in Sepang.

The Brazilian, who dominated Friday’s practice runs, put his Australian qualifying disaster behind him when he edged out world champion Fernando Alonso and team-mate Kimi Raikkonen at the very end of the third and final qualifying session in posting a time of 1:35:043.