F1-Raikkonen in pole position of Hungarian GP

Finn driver Kimi Raikkonen snatched the pole position of the Hungarian Grand Prix in the last gasp ahead of Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa.<br>

كتب : Shady Amir

السبت، 05 أغسطس 2006 - 18:49
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Finn driver Kimi Raikkonen snatched the pole position of the Hungarian Grand Prix in the last gasp ahead of Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa.

The Mclaren driver beat Massa's record with 0.286 seconds to register his second pole position of the season.

Meanwhile, German driver Michael Schumacher and Spaniard Fernando Alonso were hit by two-second penalties due to ignoring red and yellow flags during the second and third practice sessions.

Schumacher will start the race 11th while Alonso will kick-off the race from the 15th.

British driver Jenson Button and Dutch driver Christian Albers were also hit by penalties due to changing their engines before the qualifying.

With all the penalties applied for Schumacher, Alonso, Button and Albers, the provisional grid reads:

1st line: Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa

2nd line: Rubens Barrichello and Pedro de la Rosa

3rd line: Mark Webber and Ralf Schumacher

4th line: Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli

5th line: Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld

6th line: Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard

7th line: Christian Klien and Jenson Button

8th line: Fernando Alonso and Tiago Monteiro

9th line: Vitantonio Liuzzi and Nico Rosberg

10th line: Scott Speed and Takoma Sato

11th line: Sakon Yamamoto and Christian Albers