Hamilton takes pole position for Italian GP

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for Sundays Italian Grand Prix after setting the fastest time in qualifying, while teammate Jenson Button made it a McLaren one-two.Amid speculation about his future and a possible switch to Mercedes, Hamilton took his fourth pole of the season in a time of 1 minute, 24.010 seconds, just over a tenth of a second faster than Button.Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was third, but championship leader Fernando Alonso had another disappointing day. The Spaniard, who was just a thousandth of a second behind Hamilton in the final practice, will start way back in 10th position.Hamilton has been in good form all weekend, topping two of the three practice sessions, a week after getting into trouble with his team after posting sensitive data on Twitter. He has yet to commit to staying with McLaren, which has fueled talk about a possible move to Mercedes.I havent had any distractions this weekend, so its been quite positive...pretty smooth so far, Hamilton said. Its been a tough weekend but weve managed to work on the setup and the guys done a fantastic job. So, congratulations to the team. Its great obviously for the team to have me and Jenson at the front.Hamilton, however, wasnt completely satisfied with his performance in qualifying.I think practice was a lot better for me, he said. I had much, much better laps in practice but I cant complain. Generally I didnt think that lap was anywhere near good enough.But nonetheless Im happy and Im really happy for the team because theyve been doing a fantastic job.It is McLarens 63rd front row sweep in Formula One a record for the sport. It is also the teams third all front row this season.Its fantastic for the team, Button said. I think the last few races have really shown our strength and qualifying both of us on the front row is great. I dont know if any other team has been able to do that this year.Well start thinking about tomorrow in a little while. Even being on the front row, its not going to be an easy race here but its the best place to be.On Friday, Alonso endured a suspected engine failure in the first practice and a brake problem and gearbox failure during the afternoon session. His problems seemed to be behind him in the morning, but more technical issues saw him finish nearly 1.5 seconds behind Hamilton in qualifying.It could be another troublesome weekend for Alonso, who saw his lead over Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel cut to 24 points last weekend after his race was ended following a wild multi-car accident caused by Lotus driver Romain Grosjean at the start.There will be some consolation for the Spaniard in that Red Bull has struggled as well so far at Monza. Vettel finished outside the top 10 in all three practices, although the defending champion was sixth in qualifying.Paul Di Resta qualified fourth, but will be pushed down to ninth because of five-place grid penalty for changing gearbox.A gearbox is supposed to last five consecutive races under FIA regulations, but the Force India team was forced to place a new one in Di Restas car after last weekends Belgium Grand Prix.Five-time Monza winner Michael Schumacher, who was fastest in the first practice session, finished fifth. He moves up a place because of Di Restas penalty, as do Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Kimi Raikkonen and Kamui Kobayashi.