Bridgestone's soft tyre carried Lewis Hamilton (Vodafone McLaren Mercedes) to his second pole position of the season for tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Hamilton set a time of 1min 24.066secs in the last moments of a very close qualifying session. Force India F1 Team driver Adrian Sutil was second fastest and also earlier set the fastest time in the morning practice session, using the soft Bridgestone Potenza.

Q&A with Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development

What was significant about today's running?
"Today we had an interesting result in qualifying and I think that the difference in lap times in Q3 means that there will be different fuel strategies for tomorrow's race. The times through the day, apart from in Q3, were very close so competitors are using our tyres well here in Monza. Congratulations to Lewis for his second pole of the year, to Adrian for getting on the front row, and also to Vitantonio Liuzzi for qualifying in the top ten on his return to Formula One."

What are the tyre strategy considerations for tomorrow's race?
"Both the soft and medium Potenza have worked well here at Monza so far this weekend and we
have no reason to expect any issues in the race. We have not seen graining and there has not been blistering either. This means that strategy options are very open. A one stop strategy is possible with our tyres so it will be interesting to see if this is used."

Stats of the Day 
Practice Three 11:00 - 12:00
Driver             Team                    Time       Tyre
Adrian Sutil       Force India F1 Team 	   1m 23.336s S
Jenson Button 	   Brawn GP Formula 1 Team 1m 23.404s S
Nick Heidfeld 	   BMW Sauber F1 Team 	   1m 23.490s S

Qualifying 14:00 - 15:00
Driver             Team                    Time       Tyre
Lewis Hamilton     McLaren Mercedes 	   1m 24.066s S
Adrian Sutil 	   Force India F1 Team 	   1m 24.261s S
Kimi Raikkonen 	   Scuderia Ferrari	   1m 24.523s S

Compounds used: Soft / Soft Super
Temperatures 	 Ambient   Track       Weather
AM - Practice 3  25C-26C   31C-35C     Sunny
PM - Qualifying  27C       39C-37C-39C Sunny