Sunday, June 11, 2006

Alonso take pole

Fernando Alonso took pole postition at the F1 British GP as Jenson Button managed only 19th place on the grid.

The English Honda driver was eliminated in the 1st session, leaving a strong result in Sunday's race a distant hope. Michael Schumacher's Ferrari had been fastest until the final runs, when Alonso grabbed pole with a lap of 1'20"253. McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen also got ahead of Schumacher to demote the German to third ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa.

Alonso had been just 0.043secs behind Schumacher before going into the last runs and he admitted he thought be might have lost his chance to beat the German.
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