EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX // MASSA TAKES THE POLE

Fellipe Massa's extraordinary but unfulfilling performance in Hungary, has been reconciled by three dominant qualifying runs today. His performance, which landed him the pole position for tomorrow's European Grand Prix, left current points leader Lewis Hamilton stunned, having been quoted as saying that Massa 'destroyed the field' in his first-sector times. The Ferrari drivers 1:38.989 pole run put him two tenths ahead of Hamilton and a full four tenths ahead of third-place Robert Kubica, in the BMW Sauber. Teammate, and last years world champion, Kimmi Raikkonen, continued his off pace performance this year with a fourth place finish in qualifying. All is looking good for Massa, but can he stop the young Lewis Hamilton, who appears bound and determined to take the championship in only his second year in an F1 seat? The European GP airs tomorrow morning at 4:30a.m. on SPEED, looks like a pot of french press coffee and an early bed time for us... // 08.23.3008