Lewis Hamilton has won pole position for tomorrow's grand prix in Monza. His McLaren team-mate Jenson Button was second.

The surprise of the afternoon was that championship leader Fernando Alonso was tenth while Felipe Massa, whose future with the team is in doubt, was third.

Sebastian Vettel starts in fifth and his Red Bull team mate Mark Webber is 11th.

The following is the grid:

1.  Lewis Hamilton (Britain)     McLaren                  
2.  Jenson Button (Britain)      McLaren                  
3.  Felipe Massa (Brazil)        Ferrari                  
4.  Michael Schumacher (Germany) Mercedes                 
5.  Sebastian Vettel (Germany)   RedBull - Renault        
6.  Nico Rosberg (Germany)       Mercedes                 
7.  Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)     Lotus - Renault          
8.  Kamui Kobayashi (Japan)      Sauber - Ferrari         
9.  Paul Di Resta (Britain)      Force India - Mercedes   
10. Fernando Alonso (Spain)      Ferrari                  
11. Mark Webber (Australia)      RedBull - Renault        
12. Sergio Perez (Mexico)        Sauber - Ferrari         
13. Bruno Senna (Brazil)         Williams - Renault       
14. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso - Ferrari     
15. Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgium)  Lotus - Renault          
16. Jean-Eric Vergne (France)    Toro Rosso - Ferrari     
17. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)  Caterham - Renault       
18. Vitaly Petrov (Russia)       Caterham - Renault       
19. Timo Glock (Germany)         Marussia - Cosworth      
20. Charles Pic (France)         Marussia - Cosworth      
21. Narain Karthikeyan (India)   HRT - Cosworth           
22. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - Renault       
23. Pedro de la Rosa (Spain)     HRT - Cosworth           
24. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany)   Force India - Mercedes

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