McLAREN swept the front row for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix with Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya on pole position alongside championship contender Kimi Raikkonen.Renault’s 24-year-old title favourite Fernando Alonso, who will become Formula One’s youngest champion if he beats Raikkonen by four points at Spa, starts on the second row behind his Finnish rival.Montoya lapped the longest circuit on the calendar in one minute 46.391 seconds for his second successive pole position and second of the season.Raikkonen, 27 points behind Alonso with four races remaining, was 0.049 seconds slower.Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella was third quickest but lost 10 places because of an engine change after practice, relegating the Italian to 13th place.That will be a blow for Renault, fighting for the constructors’ championship with an eight-point lead over McLaren. Compatriot Jarno Trulli, in a Toyota, will take the third slot with Alonso alongside while the Schumacher brothers, Ralf and Michael, fill the third row for Toyota and Ferrari respectively.Narain Karthikeyan and teammate Tiago Monteiro both struggled to get the best out of their new cars although heavy rains that marred the free practice sessions had given way to bright skies.The 28-year old Indian finished 20th and last, less than two-tenths of a second slower than Monteiro who was 19th.
