Raikkonen claims pole position for Hungarian GP

TEAMCAR - McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen took his second consecutive pole position in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix with a best time of 1:19.599. The Finn was three tenths quicker than Ferrari's Felipe Massa, who will line up alongside, and Honda's Rubens Barrichello took third. But what of Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso?

There was an unexpected twist just prior to qualifying when Michael joined title rival Alonso in being given a two second time penalty. Alonso was awarded his for dangerous driving and overtaking under yellow flags in Friday afternoon's practice and Schumacher got his for overtaking under red flags in this morning's session.

The red flag was due to Jenson Button's Honda engine giving up, so he will suffer the 10 place grid demotion penalty. MF1's Christijan Albers will get the same as he had an engine failure on Friday. Once again it was unseasonably cool with a track temperature in the low thirties at the start of the first 15 minute session.

Seeing as there's little chance of overtaking at the Hungaroring it's possible neither Alonso or Michael will score any points but a lot will depend on strategy. Who knows, for once Hungary might be an exciting race. Final top ten classification: Raikkonen, Massa, Barrichello, Button, de la Rosa, Webber, R. Schumacher, Fisichella, Trulli, Kubica.