F1: Qualifying: Alonso cheats his team-mate to pole

[Rory Phoulorie]

Saturday 4th August 2007

Fernando Alonso beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the Hungarian GP after dubiously holding up his team-mate in the pits.

With Hamilton ahead of him on the timesheets, Alonso prepared for his final run at pole position.

But despite being cleared by his team to leave the pits, the reigning World Champion remained in the pitbox for a few extra seconds thus preventing Hamilton from putting on new tyres and getting across the start/finish line in time to do another flying lap of his own.

Alonso's actions meant he claimed pole position while his team-mate was unable to come back at him. Hamilton finished second on the grid.

Nick Heidfeld meanwhile beat Kimi Raikkonen to third place, while Felipe Massa qualified P14 after problems in the second segment.

Full report to follow...


Times
01 F. Alonso McLaren 1:19.674
02 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:19.781
03 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:20.259
04 K. R�ikk�nen Ferrari 1:20.410
05 N. Rosberg Williams 1:20.632
06 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:20.714
07 R. Kubica BMW 1:20.876
08 G. Fisichella Renault 1:21.079
09 J. Trulli Toyota 1:21.206
10 M. Webber Red Bull 1:21.256
11 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:20.718
12 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:20.779
13 A. Wurz Williams 1:20.865
14 F. Massa Ferrari 1:21.021
15 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:21.127
16 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:21.993
17 J. Button Honda 1:21.737
18 R. Barrichello Honda 1:21.877
19 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:22.143
20 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:22.177
21 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:22.737
22 S. Yamamoto Spyker F1 1:23.774


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[Rory Phoulorie]

Smart tactics from Alonso, questionable, but smart.