Mark, you are on fire at the moment. Pole in Spain and a victory and now pole here. How did you do it?
Mark Webber: I don't know if my previous lap was enough. I can't really remember. It was a bit of a blur at to be honest. I remember it was pretty quick, but I told Ciaran Pilbeam (Webber's race engineer) that lap three and four are the ones I am going to try and murder if I could. The first lap went okay. I brushed the armco pretty hard starting the second sector on that lap and then finished that lap and then went again for another one. If you could ever just say I want to tidy up the details from the previous lap it doesn't often happen but today's laps just all came together. Nice clean exits and I the car was again a pleasure. It was not a broken record but the guys have worked incredibly hard, a team effort. As you say three Renault engines is a great credit to the guys there as well. To get pole at Monaco is a nice feeling obviously. The heart-rate is up, you have got to be very precise and it is a great challenge for the drivers, so I am very happy to be here.

Robert, you dominated the third part of qualifying until the closing stages. Tell us how hard you pushed yourself.
Robert Kubica: It has been a good effort for us, for the team and for myself. We took a different approach and saved two sets of new options for Q3, so I had first go with a bit more fuel and then the second one, which was okay. I think we couldn't have done better. But the final lap was not ideal. I pushed very hard on the first lap as here you never know about traffic or something. I knew Mark was in front by a couple of seconds, so I didn't know what he would do, so I tried on the first lap, then second lap I started very quick. I think the fastest first sector. But unfortunately the second half of the lap the tyres were already gone, so I struggled in the last sector and just managed to repeat my lap time, so so far so good. Of course when you are so close it will be better to qualify first but we have to be happy.

Sebastian, you weren't in it until right at the very end. Where did you find the time in the end?
Sebastian Vettel: Well, it was quite a surprise even though you have only got 10 cars. I got a little bit of traffic, so it wasn't ideal to sue the tyres properly. They came in nicely but I think when there was the peak I couldn't use it. Then I did it at the very end. It wasn't enough but all in all still a good result as Mark said, so compliments to the team. Also to the Renault. I think there has been some criticism on the power side. We know it is probably not the strongest engine but we know around here it counts a lot to have drivability and if you have the first three cars in qualifying with the Renault engine I think that's a positive note, so looking forward to tomorrow. It is along race here, a lot of things can happen. Obviously it is good to be in the front, so let's see.

Mark, set the scene for the race tomorrow for us. The start, the traffic, how you manage the tyres and the chance for you of winning the Monaco Grand Prix.
MW: Well, I will wake up happy in the morning. As Seb said it is a long race. All of us know that. It is a very, very narrow track. We are going to come across backmarkers. The track here changes a lot during the grand prix, so I'll use my experience and try to get through the grand prix. I am very optimistic that I can have a nice clean race and do the best job possible. The team also are a great back-up for me as well, so getting us good momentum and we can give it a good crack from there. Of course we have some reasonable opposition around us as always in Formula One but looking forward to tomorrow's race and we will go from there.

Press Conference

Mark, we always hear how important this race is and what a challenge it is, so tell us about the satisfaction of pole position.
MW: Well, pole is always nice obviously. They don't come around that often. It is a sensational venue to get pole position. It is a very, very big test for the drivers. We know the armco is very close for the whole lap and you need to be very accurate and obviously trust yourself, trust the car and go and get the job done. I built up to it nicely. I knew that Q3 was where it is all about and it was a good way to finish the session. I knew when we do one run we don't get a chance to look at the other guy. I know Robert did two runs, but generally we do two runs in Q3, so you get a bit of an idea where people are sitting but when you just do one run, obviously you know it needs to be spot on as you know you don't have a second chance in a way. Of course we get more laps, so ideal result. Fantastic to get on pole and the team have done a very good job. We have had pole at every race, so very, very good for us as a team and Renault, all three drivers in Renault engines and lots of positives. Both Seb and I are up here. It is a good result for the team but we have got to capitalize tomorrow as best we can. We know someone had misfortune today. It was hard luck for Fernando (Alonso). These are the types of things that can happen during the season when we have got to try and capitalize. But a tough venue tomorrow and looking forward to the race.

You were saying the car is better in slow speed corners this year at this race than maybe in previous races.
MW: Well, we made some pretty big changes mechanically in Singapore and from that time on last year and then we saw Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Brazil, the car with Seb winning Abu Dhabi, I won Brazil, there were a few races where it started to come our way where earlier in the season with the RB5 it was probably a bit of an Achilles heel for us. It is such a big result for the team to get pole here at this venue knowing it has been a bit of a hard track for us in the past, so it is fantastic.