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"SR F1 Championship - Nurburgring Qualifying"

Alonso shows everyone how it's done

Fernando Alonso has taken pole position for the European Grand Prix and demonstrated his championship potential with a stunning lap record. Alonso has now taken 3 pole positions out of the last 5 races and hasn't qualified lower than 3rd in the other 2.

Villeneuve has it all to do now after struggling to 17th on the grid. He holds a slender one point lead in the championship ahead of Alonso but that could be demolished by the end of the race. Firman is also nicely placed for a points finish with 6th on the grid. Button goes one better than Firman and takes 5th with the early championship leader, Raikkonen, looking for a podium in 4th. Trulli, De La Rosa and to a lesser extent, Coulthard, all did badly in qualifying. Trulli is 16th, Coulthard is 12th and may steal a point and De La Rosa is a distant 21st.

This is a crucial race for drivers with title aspirations although it could just bunch the field up further. Alonso is in the best position with 1st on the grid. Irvine recent qualifying form continues with 2nd. Verstappen continues his consistent run with 3rd. Raikkonen needs a result in this race from 4th. Button will want to cut the gap up front from 5th. Firman will need to get ahead of Alonso from 6th. Williams fill up the 4th row with Montoya 7th and Ralf Schumacher 8th.

Full Qualifying results:

1st Alonso (Random Hero) 1m14.926s - Lap Record
2nd Irvine - 1m14.976s - (+0.050s)
3rd Verstappen (Jericho17) 1m15.002s - (+0.076s)
4th Raikkonen (Ineedsleep) 1m15.061s - (+0.135s)
5th Button (Der Nazi) 1m15.077s - (+0.151s)
6th Firman (DW) 1m15.092s - (+0.166s)
7th Montoya (Afrojoe) 1m15.131s - (+0.205s)
8th R Schumacher - 1m15.155s - (+0.219s)
9th Webber (Evil Dark) 1m15.161s - (+0.225s)
10th Pizzonia (Reddy 2003) 1m15.190s - (+0.264s)
11th Wilson (MikeAll) 1m15.190s - (+0.264s)
12th Coulthard (Absolut Neo) 1m15.195s - (+0.269s)
13th Barrichello (Unbeliever) 1m15.198s - (+0.272s)
14th Heidfeld (Shadow) 1m15.202s - (+0.276s)
15th Da Matta (Grandprix) 1m15.213s - (+0.287s)
16th Trulli (Ant) 1m15.220s - (+0.294s)
17th Villeneuve (Sdrawkcab) 1m15.221s - (+0.295s)
18th M Schumacher (Notorious Biggles) 1m15.233s - (+0.307s)
19th Fisichella (Badgerman) 1m15.250s - (+0.324s)
20th Frentzen (Figo) 1m15.262s - (+0.336s)
21st De La Rosa (Virtuoso) 1m15.312s - (+0.386s)
22nd Panis (Foreman) 1m15.355s - (+0.419s)

Will we have a new championship leader at the end of the race? Only time will tell...

There are still 2 drivers available:

R Schumacher
Irvine

At the end of this race, I will post the average qualifying and race positions of every driver.

Yeah... 3rd on the grid. Verstappen has a good chance in this one. Maybe, just maybe, he could win! :)

Slow coach.

After the last 3 races getting 4th is definately something to cheer about.

And Button was only 0.16s behind, so it's not that fantastic..

Neo isn't around to have the skit taken out of him at the moment - shame really :)

4th is goooood!

At least my second choice driver is performing better than my first, what about you Neo :D

:cD

I WAS FIRST IN LINE...

Alphabetical order...

FIRm-man
FIShylegs

I WIN!

Bah Bah Bah, Firm man steal the good car!

Badgerman is too ashamed to reply.

He told me to tell you this...

"GLUUUUUUUUUUUUGDHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEJAAAaaaaAHAHAHAH!"

Wise words...

This is getting beyond a joke. I don't expect to win, but I thought I could at least make it too the top 6.

:cD