the renault driver jarno trulli set his pole time of 1m13.985s, it was the fastest ever recorded around the monaco circuit, and was the first pole position of his career. his time was 0.411 faster than the next driver. trulli had previously started on the front row at monaco in 2000. of his first pole trulli said that "i'm pretty impressed over my lap time because i couldn't believe i lapped under the 14s...i put in a very impressive lap. in monaco, being on pole, which is something i have chased for such a long time, i'm so pleased."