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<blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 215505" data-attributes="member: 185281"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/race/result/758/24.html" target="_blank">http://www.formula1.com/race/result/758/24.html</a>On the opening weekend of the World Cup, the Formula 1 World Championship delivered drama of it’s very own in qualifying in Silverstone, with some big names knocked out in the first session. Included was Brit Jenson Button (19th), whose one-run strategy prevented him from saving himself from the back of the grid. The other high profile dropouts were Mark Webber (17th), and Jarno Trulli (22th - mechanical failure).More controversy followed in the second session when Red Bull pilot David Coulthard filed a complaint with the race stewards against Juan Pablo Montoya, who he accussed of deliberately holding him up on a hot lap, resulting in him dropping out just outside the top 10 final session in 11th.In the final session, Alonso and Michael Schumacher continued their ongoing duel, this time with the Renault driver being victorious in the fight for pole position on the grid. However, it was the title challenger of last season, Kimi Raikkonen, who provided the Spanish champion with an added boost, when he amazingly took 2nd away from Schumi after barely making it across the line before the end of the session on his out lap. Other noted performances are that of Ruben Barrichello (6th), Ralf Schumacher (7th), and the two Sauber-BMW drivers, Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve (9th and 10th).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Salty25, post: 215505, member: 185281"] [URL="http://www.formula1.com/race/result/758/24.html"]http://www.formula1.com/race/result/758/24.html[/URL] On the opening weekend of the World Cup, the Formula 1 World Championship delivered drama of it’s very own in qualifying in Silverstone, with some big names knocked out in the first session. Included was Brit Jenson Button (19th), whose one-run strategy prevented him from saving himself from the back of the grid. The other high profile dropouts were Mark Webber (17th), and Jarno Trulli (22th - mechanical failure). More controversy followed in the second session when Red Bull pilot David Coulthard filed a complaint with the race stewards against Juan Pablo Montoya, who he accussed of deliberately holding him up on a hot lap, resulting in him dropping out just outside the top 10 final session in 11th. In the final session, Alonso and Michael Schumacher continued their ongoing duel, this time with the Renault driver being victorious in the fight for pole position on the grid. However, it was the title challenger of last season, Kimi Raikkonen, who provided the Spanish champion with an added boost, when he amazingly took 2nd away from Schumi after barely making it across the line before the end of the session on his out lap. Other noted performances are that of Ruben Barrichello (6th), Ralf Schumacher (7th), and the two Sauber-BMW drivers, Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve (9th and 10th). [/QUOTE]

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