Liuzzi to start Monaco GP 10th, Sunil 12th

May 15, 2010 09:01 pm | Updated 09:03 pm IST - Monte Carlo

Force India driver Vitantonio Liuzzi of Italy. File photo: AP

Force India driver Vitantonio Liuzzi of Italy. File photo: AP

Force India driver Vitantonio Liuzzi came out of teammate Adrian Sutil?s shadow and will start Sunday?s Monaco Grand Prix 10th on the grid while Hispania driver Karun Chandhok will have Ferrari?s Fernando Alonso giving him company in the last row.

Liuzzi gatecrashed into the third qualifying session (Q3), having aced Sutil and a host of other drivers both in Q1 and Q2.

Sutil will start Sunday?s race 12th on the grid.

Hispania driver Karun Chandhok had a rather poor outing with the Indian struggling with grip problem that put him behind teammate Bruno Senna in the 23rd place.

?That was very frustrating, we are a second behind where we think we should be, which is bad even by our standards. We lost grip. It?s a bit like the problem Bruno had on Thursday, a mysterious lack of grip, and it?s not good,? Karun said.

Red Bull?s Mark Webber snatched the pole from Renault?s Robert Kubica with teammate Sebastian Vettel coming third.

Alonso could not take part in the qualifying sessions after badly damaging his car in the third practice session earlier on Saturday.

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