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This is an archive article published on June 11, 2006

Alonso on pole for British GP

Renault8217;s world champion Fernando Alonso seized pole position for Sunday8217;s British Grand Prix with McLaren8217;s Kimi Raikkonen alongside him on the front row.

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Renault8217;s world champion Fernando Alonso seized pole position for Sunday8217;s British Grand Prix with McLaren8217;s Kimi Raikkonen alongside him on the front row.

The Spaniard, the runaway championship leader, sealed his fourth pole in a row with his last flying lap of the qualifying session on Saturday. Raikkonen then swept Ferrari8217;s seven times world champion Michael Schumacher off the front row in the dying seconds.

Schumacher, who caused uproar during Monaco qualifying two weeks ago, avoided similar controversy at Silverstone and filled an all-Ferrari second row with Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa. Renault8217;s Giancarlo Fisichella starts fifth with Honda8217;s Brazilian Rubens Barrichello sixth. Last year8217;s winner for McLaren, Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, was eighth.

Neither of Britain8217;s two drivers stood out at their home grand prix. Red Bull8217;s David Coulthard will start 11th while Honda8217;s Jenson Button qualified a dismal 19th, on the last row but one.

8211;Alan Baldwin

 

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