Red Bull's excellent start to the season continued as Mark Webber took pole position for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.

The Australian's team-mate Sebastian Vettel will be third on the grid while Renault's Robert Kubica produced some good form to take second. Webber's time of one minute 13.826 seconds was slightly quicker than the impressive Pole.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa was fourth fastest while McLaren's Lewis Hamilton claimed fifth, just ahead of Nico Rosberg, his Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher and the 2009 world champion Jenson Button.

Williams' Rubens Barrichello and Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi completed the top ten.

"It was a bit of a blur to be honest," admitted Webber afterwards.

"I told the team it was all about lap three and four. It all came together in that lap, the car was a pleasure to drive and I am delighted because the guys have worked really hard. To get pole at Monaco is obviously a great feeling so I am really pleased."

Meanwhile, two-time world champion Fernando Alonso was unable to take part in qualifying after crashing in practice and will start the race from the back of the grid.

The Ferrari driver smashed into the barriers at Massenet 20 minutes into Saturday's morning's session and the team's mechanics were unable to fix the damage in time for qualifying.

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