SAO PAULO, Nov 2: Ferrari’s Felipe Massa delighted his home fans with pole position for the title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday while championship favourite Lewis Hamilton qualified only fourth.

Massa, the first driver to take three successive poles at Interlagos, is Hamilton’s only title rival but lags the 23-year-old McLaren man by seven points ahead of Sunday’s Formula One season-ender. Starting grid: 1. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari; 2. Jarno Trulli

(Italy) Toyota; 3. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari; 4. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren; 5. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren; 6. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault; 7. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso–Ferrari; 8. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber; 9. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso–Ferrari; 10. Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota; 11. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault; 12. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull–Renault; 13. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber; 14. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull–Renault; 15. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda; 16. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams–Toyota; 17. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda; 18. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams–Toyota; 19. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India–Ferrari; 20. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India–Ferrari.—Reuters