Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro recorded its best qualifying performance of the year with Fernando Alonso second and Felipe Massa third, behind pole man Sebastian Vettel. It was a very evenly matched session, with the two Ferrari men always frontrunners – Alonso was first in Q1 and Massa the same in Q2 – never before as close to the Red Bull as today. Rain could be a factor in tomorrow’s race, which is yet another unknown in a situation that is already difficult to read.