Saturday, August 4, 2007

Alonso does his best Schumacher impression!

Fernando Alonso secured another start from pole today at the Hungaroring but controversy is looming...

In the final tire change of the third qualifying session, Alonso came in for his stop just in front of teammate Lewis Hamilton. When the team released Alonso the driver paused an extra several seconds holding up Hamilton.

The hold up was just long enough to ensure that Hamilton would not be able to put in a final qualifying lap. Alonso's move gained him pole position and was very Schumacher-esque - though - Michael Schumacher always impeded drivers from other teams not his own teammate.

Qualifying Top 8:
1. Fernando Alonso - McLaren
2. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren
3. Nick Heidfeld - BMW
4. Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari
5. Nico Rosberg - Williams
6. Ralf Schumacher - Toyota
7. Robert Kubica - BMW
8. Giancarlo Fisichella - Renault

Minus rain or mechanical failure, the results should be close to these tomorrow as Hungary is an extremely difficult track to overtake another driver.

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