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Early this morning Lewis Hamilton managed to get onto pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway.

Hamilton’s main Formula 1 Championship rival, Felipe Massa, only managed to get into 5th position. This gives Lewis some more breathing space as Massa is 7 points behind.

Lewis Hamilton’s post qualifying comments:

I managed to put all the sectors together for the last lap and bring it home. I was very, very happy, the team have done a phenomenal job.

We will see what we can do in the race. I do not have much to lose. We want to try to win both championships. It will not be easy against McLaren, but I will try to do my best in the race.

Compared to last year I am definitely looking at the championship and what I need to do to win it. It is obviously within my grasp. Just keep the car on the road, bring it home and score some good points.

We are out in the mountains next to Mount Fuji which is a spectacular view and the track is really cool, so the whole feeling around here is just great.

2008 Japanese Grand Prix Starting Grid:

1.  HAMILTON      McLaren
2.  RAIKKONEN     Ferrari
3.  KOVALAINEN    McLaren
4.  ALONSO        Renault
5.  MASSA         Ferrari
6.  KUBICA        BMW
7.  TRULLI        Toyota
8.  GLOCK         Toyota
9.  VETTEL        Toro Rosso
10. BOURDAIS      Toro Rosso
11. COULTHARD     Red Bull
12. PIQUET        Renault
13. WEBBER        Red Bull
14. NAKAJIMA      Williams
15. ROSBERG       Williams
16. HEIDFELD      BMW
17. BARRICHELLO   Honda
18. BUTTON        Honda
19. SUTIL         Force India
20. FISICHELLA    Force India

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This entry on F1Hamilton.net was posted on Saturday, October 11th, 2008 at 11:49 am and is filed under Qualifying.