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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Felipe Massa of Ferrari won pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix for the third straight year Saturday.
The two-time defending race champion will start first on the grid for today's race at the Istanbul Speed Park after clocking a best lap time of 1 minute, 27.617 seconds.
"I think I put together a very good lap ... it proved to be enough to be on pole," Massa said. "I'm so happy here, to be on pole for the third time here. It's a fantastic track for me."
Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren will start second after finishing less than 0.2 seconds behind Massa. Kovalainen's best career qualifying position comes less than two weeks after a violent crash at the Spanish GP that left the Finn in the hospital.
Teammate Lewis Hamilton will start third, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, while BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica goes from the fifth spot.
Mark Webber of Red Bull starts sixth ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso, while Jarni Trulli of Toyota, BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and David Coulthard of Red Bull round out the top 10.
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