Lewis Hamilton has hailed as 'special' his first pole position on the streets of Monte Carlo.Hamilton, who won the race here in 2008, took pole position by 0.4 seconds, a job made easier by a crucial error from Nico Rosberg on his final qualifying run. This means that today was Lewis Hamilton's 9th attempt at taking the most important pole position of the year, a feat he managed with a laptime of 1.15.098. 'It's been a long, long time! I can't express to you how happy I am. It wasn't an easy session, I had a lot of things that kind of throw you off your rhythm, which it did. I didn't have the rhythm until the last two laps. So I am really really happy with it and coming across the line...
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