Kimi Raikkonen won the pole position for the
Italian Grand Prix on Saturday, while both Ferrari cars positioned
themselves ahead of championship leader Fernando Alonso.
It's the 11th pole position of Raikkonen's career and the third
this season. Raikkonen also started first in the German and
Hungarian races, although he has yet to win this year.
Raikkonen covered the Monza circuit in one minute 21.484 seconds.
Michael Schumacher was second in 1:21.486, and BMW-Sauber's Nick
Heidfeld was third in 1:21.653.
Schumacher is expected to announce his retirement after Sunday's
race and Raikkonen is expected to be his replacement at Ferrari next
season.
Schumacher's Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa qualified fourth in
1:21.704 and Alonso was fifth at 1:21.829.
Alonso leads Schumacher by 12 points with four races remaining
this season.
