From Melbourne to Sao Paolo the circle is completed

Scuderia Ferrari 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix Qualifying Report Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Brazil, Saturday November 26 2011 Weather: air 27/26 °C, track 37/35 °C; sunny then cloudy. Chassis: Alonso 291, Massa 290 Alonso fifth and Massa seventh in qualifying at Interlagos Felipe Massa 1100067_bra.jpgFernando Alonso 1100079_bra.jpgFelipe Massa 1100084_bra.jpgFor Scuderia Ferrari, the result of the final qualifying session of the 2011 season ended in almost identical fashion to the very first one: in Melbourne's Albert Park, Fernando Alonso qualified fifth and Felipe Massa was eighth, while this afternoon in Interlagos, the Spaniard again recorded the qualifying position he has started from most often this year, nine times in total, while the Brazilian went one better than back then, which will see him start from the clean side of the grid. Tyre useage through the session was as follows: Fernando used two sets of Medium tyres in Q1, one of Soft in Q2 and two Soft in Q3, all of them new. After a first run on Medium in Q1, Felipe went out as a precautionary measure on a set of Softs, which he then used again for his first run in Q2. Here he had to make use of a second set, thus finding himself with just one set of new tyres for Q3, which led to him opting for just a single timed lap.