Button When asked whether he could see himself fighting with Renault and Ferrari at the front of the field, Button replied: “No, not this weekend.”  “Renault and Ferrari are very strong at the moment and I think McLaren are also, so it’s very difficult."  JPM scored his first victory as a McLaren driver at last year’s British Grand Prix and is optimistic of more success at a circuit he relishes and is confident for this weekend after a podium a Monaco.“"TheMaggots-Becketts-Chapel sequence at the start of the lap is awesome – you have to push really hard through here, and so long as you have the good balance you need, and are changing direction so quickly, hooking up the apexes, it is great fun!”  “Ferrari were very, very quick last week in Barcelona so they arrive as the favourites,” Fernando Alonso told reporters at Silverstone on Thursday and sees them as his main challenge and Michael Schumacher after the
Barcelona testing is very optimistic “We managed to sort out the car really well,” he posted on his website.

* Engine Change - drops 10 places on the grid
 

David Coulthard appeals against Juan Pablo Montoya

First causualty was Jarno Trulli, hoping for so much this weekend, a change of luck, but it was not to be - engine problems.  Could be a terminal problem requiring an engine change,Also unfortunately in front of the home crowd was Jenson Button., who was called into the weybridge during the first session and as the team did not get him early it cost him getting into the next session.  In the first session it was Fernando Alonso was out first and dominated the first and he continued in the same mode in the second, but in the last it was Michael Schumacher that was dominate for all but the last lap of the session.  All cars came in to put new rubber on for their last flying lap and it was Fernando Alonso that showed that he is worthy of being World Champion, putting in the perfect lap to snatch pole from Michael Schumacher, who was also put back to the second row by the flying Finn who showed that the McLaren could be a force to be reckoned with tomorrow

Fastest lap (21) Fernando Alonso 1:21,599

Fernando Alonso drove a perfectly judge race to take his third victory in a row.  Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen touched during the first lap, but without incident as did Jacques Villenueve´s wing touching and damaging Juan Pablo Montoya´s sidepod, the Colombian finishing the race with a slight disadvange throught the race.  On the first lap Scott Speed clipped Ralf Schumacher putting him into a spin and taking our Mark Webber "A racing incident" bringing the safety car out.  Jenson Button had stormed through the field and was lying 12th when on the tenth lap the car gave up the ghost.  Michael Schumacher managed to leap frog Kimi Raikkonen on the second pit stop and Giancarlo Fischichella having done the same on Felipe Massa was closing in 
on Kimi during the last few laps, but could not overtake the Finn.