Massa on pole, Hamilton fourth

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Hamilton finished half a second down on world title rival Felipe Massa at the end of qualifying for Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix.

On home soil Massa thrilled his army of fans by clinching pole for the third successive year at Interlagos, with Toyota's Jarno Trulli and Massa's Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen also ahead of Hamilton.

Massa, who trails Hamilton by seven points going into the title-deciding showdown, now has the perfect launchpad to overhaul the 23-year-old McLaren driver.

Hamilton, who has to finish in the top five to take the title, at least has his own team-mate in Heikki Kovalainen behind him ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso.

Sebastian Vettel starts seventh for Toro Rosso, with Nick Heidfeld eighth in his BMW Sauber, followed by the second Toro Rosso of Sebastien Bourdais and Toyota's Timo Glock.

A beaming Massa said afterwards: "It's a great start to the weekend. We have 71 laps ahead of us which is pretty long, but it is always better to start at the front.

"We proved our car is very competitive in practice and we showed that again in qualifying.

"I will now try to do my best to win the race, which is the most important thing."