Pole for Alonso

Spain’s Fernando Alonso, seeking to become the youngest race winner in Formula One history, put Renault on pole position for Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

The 22-year-old roared to the second pole position of his career, his first coming in Malaysia in March this year, with a lap of one minute 21.688 seconds in final qualifying at the Hungaroring.

He will share the front row with Williams’s Ralf Schumacher, who had been due to start 10 places further down the grid before his punishment for causing an accident at the last race was translated into a $50,000 fine.

Ralf was the highest placed title contender but he must start on the dirty side of the track going into a tight first corner.