Alonso Takes Second Pole of the Season - Hungary

Spaniard Fernando Alonso claimed the second pole position of his career after producing a stunning lap to top the qualifying times for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Alonso was faultless as he added to his pole in Malaysia with a masterful drive in his Renault to finish ahead of Williams-BMW driver Ralf Schumacher by 0.256 seconds.

Jaguar's Mark Webber equalled his pervious best qualifying performance as he secured third place on the grid ahead of Championship contender Juan Pablo Montoya, of Williams-BMW. Rubens Barrichello will begin from fifth for Ferrari with Renault's Jarno Trulli sixth after the Italian was unable to repeat his exploits of setting the pace on Friday.

Kimi Raikkonen was impressive running early in the field to go seventh quickest ahead of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari, with McLaren's David Coulthard and Toyota driver Olivier Panis completing the top ten.

Zsolt Baumgartner, the home driver replacing Ralph Firman, was first out on the track and completed a trouble-free lap in his first experience of qualifying and set a lap time of 1:26.678.

Toyota's Cristiano da Matta moved ahead after lowering the best time by more than two-and-a-half seconds, before Minardi's Nicolas Kiesa ended up bottom following a disappointing laptime.

Minardi driver Jos Verstappen went three-tenths quicker than Baumgartner, whose new teammate Giancarlo Fisichella took top spot with a lap time 0.256 seconds quicker than da Matta. Justin Wilson, of Jaguar, moved into top spot by 0.066 seconds and BAR-Honda's Jacques Villeneuve slotted into fourth after losing time in the final sector.

Villeneuve's teammate Briton Jenson Button also lost time in the second half of his lap and set the third best time, before Raikkonen went almost a second quicker than Wilson.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen made a mistake early in his run and finished off the pace, but his Sauber teammate Nick Heidfeld took second place ahead of Wilson - although 0.879 seconds down on Raikkonen.

Michael Schumacher was unable to take top spot as he ended one-tenth down on Raikkonen after losing time in the second sector. Montoya then produced a good lap to replace Raikkonen at the top of the timesheets, more than half-a-second quicker than the Finn, with Toyota's Panis slotting into fourth place.

Alonso put together a sensational lap to blitz the time of Montoya by almost five-tenths of a second, but Barrichello was unable to continue the trend as he set the same time as Montoya.

Coulthard had been up on Alonso after the first sector but lost a lot of time in the middle sector and could only set the sixth best time behind Michael Schumacher.

Jaguar's Webber went second quickest with a quick lap despite running wide, only to be nudged down a place by Ralf Schumacher with Trulli taking sixth.

Pos Driver Team T1 T2 Time 1. (15) Alonso Renault (M) 29.180 58.733 1:21.688 2. (19) R.Schumacher Williams BMW (M) 28.629 58.663 1:21.944 + 0.256 3. (18) Webber Jaguar Cosworth (M) 29.046 58.708 1:22.027 + 0.339 4. (13) Montoya Williams BMW (M) 28.954 59.068 1:22.180 + 0.492 5. (16) Barrichello Ferrari (B) 28.876 58.722 1:22.180 + 0.492 6. (20) Trulli Renault (M) 29.264 59.160 1:22.610 + 0.922 7. (9) Raikkonen McLaren Mercedes (M) 29.147 59.125 1:22.742 + 1.054 8. (12) M.Schumacher Ferrari (B) 29.139 59.492 1:22.755 + 1.067 9. (17) Coulthard McLaren Mercedes (M) 29.157 59.688 1:23.060 + 1.372 10. (14) Panis Toyota (M) 29.119 59.874 1:23.369 + 1.681 11. (11) Heidfeld Sauber Petronas (B) 29.457 59.961 1:23.621 + 1.933 12. (6) Wilson Jaguar Cosworth (M) 29.677 60.112 1:23.660 + 1.972 13. (5) Fisichella Jordan Ford (B) 29.425 59.997 1:23.726 + 2.038 14. (8) Button BAR Honda (B) 29.433 60.032 1:23.847 + 2.159 15. (2) da Matta Toyota (M) 29.414 60.338 1:23.982 + 2.294 16. (7) Villeneuve BAR Honda (B) 29.414 59.993 1:24.100 + 2.412 17. (10) Frentzen Sauber Petronas (B) 29.745 60.831 1:24.569 + 2.881 18. (4) Verstappen Minardi Cosworth (B) 30.076 62.058 1:26.423 + 4.735 19. (1) Baumgartner Jordan Ford (B) 30.345 62.178 1:26.678 + 4.990 20. (3) Kiesa Minardi Cosworth (B) 30.487 63.960 1:28.907 + 7.219 Pos ----- Sector 1 ----- ----- Sector 2 ----- ----- Sector 3 ----- 1. R.Schumacher 28.629 Alonso 29.553 Alonso 22.955 2. Barrichello 28.876 Webber 29.662 Montoya 23.112 3. Montoya 28.954 Barrichello 29.846 M.Schumacher 23.263 4. Webber 29.046 Trulli 29.896 R.Schumacher 23.281 5. Panis 29.119 Raikkonen 29.978 Webber 23.319 6. M.Schumacher 29.139 R.Schumacher 30.034 Coulthard 23.372 7. Raikkonen 29.147 Montoya 30.114 Trulli 23.450 8. Coulthard 29.157 M.Schumacher 30.353 Barrichello 23.458 9. Alonso 29.180 Wilson 30.435 Panis 23.495 10. Trulli 29.264 Heidfeld 30.504 Wilson 23.548 11. da Matta 29.414 Coulthard 30.531 Raikkonen 23.617 12. Villeneuve 29.414 Fisichella 30.572 da Matta 23.644 13. Fisichella 29.425 Villeneuve 30.579 Heidfeld 23.660 14. Button 29.433 Button 30.599 Fisichella 23.729 15. Heidfeld 29.457 Panis 30.755 Frentzen 23.738 16. Wilson 29.677 da Matta 30.924 Button 23.815 17. Frentzen 29.745 Frentzen 31.086 Villeneuve 24.107 18. Verstappen 30.076 Baumgartner 31.833 Verstappen 24.365 19. Baumgartner 30.345 Verstappen 31.982 Baumgartner 24.500 20. Kiesa 30.487 Kiesa 33.473 Kiesa 24.947 Top Speed: 298.7 (R.Schumacher, Williams-BMW) All timing unofficial