Fernando Alonso took pole position after a chaotic finish to qualifying Saturday at the Hungarian Grand Prix, where Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was airlifted to a hospital following a high-speed accident.
The Renault driver’s fastest lap of 1 minute, 21.596 seconds around the Hungaroring circuit on Saturday was enough for the two-time world champion’s first pole since the 2007 Italian GP.
Alonso was only confirmed as pole sitter following lengthy confusion in the paddock as all nine drivers in the final session waited to know results after the scoring system went down. USA Today
After several minutes, it finally came through Alonso had taken pole, followed by the Red Bull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, with Lewis Hamilton fourth for McLaren.
Explaining the chaos at the end, Alonso said: “We were chatting amongst ourselves in parc ferme trying to find out what happened.
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“It was a fantastic effort from the team. We put in some new parts at the Nurburging (German Grand Prix), and we’ve showed we have made a step forward.”
Behind world champion Hamilton will be Williams’ Nico Rosberg, the second McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, with championship leader Jenson Button down in a disastrous eighth. The Press Association
POS DRIVER ENTRANT TIME 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 01:21.6 2 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 01:21.6 3 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 01:21.7 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:21.8 5 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 01:21.9 6 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 01:22.1 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:22.5 8 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 01:22.5 9 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 01:22.8 10 Felipe Massa Ferrari No Time 11 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:21.0 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 01:21.1 13 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 01:21.2 14 Timo Glock Toyota 01:21.2 15 Nelson Piquet Renault 01:21.4 16 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 01:21.7 17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 01:21.8 18 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:21.9 19 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 01:21.9 20 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:22.4
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