Renault's [ Images ] championship leader Fernando Alonso [ Images ] will start Sunday's British Grand Prix [ Images ] on pole position.

The 23-year-old Spaniard, winner of five of the season's 10 Grands Prix so far, was joined on the front row of the grid by Briton Jenson Button [ Images ] in a BAR.

McLaren's [ Images ] Kimi Raikkonen [ Images ] set the second fastest time but will start 12th after his engine blew in practice on Saturday and had to be changed, incurring an automatic 10-place penalty.

It was Alonso's fourth pole of the season and second in a row after France [ Images ] last weekend. The Spaniard, who leads Raikkonen by 24 points in the Formula One standings with nine races remaining, led that race from start to finish.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya [ Images ], in a McLaren, and Italian Jarno Trulli [ Images ] for Toyota [ Images ] filled the second row.

Ferrari's [ Images ] seven times world champion Michael Schumacher [ Images ], winner at Silverstone last year, qualified a disappointing ninth.

Qualifying Result:

.  Fernando Alonso (Spain)          Renault   1:19.905
  2.  Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)         McLaren   1:19.932
  3.  Jenson Button (Britain)          BAR       1:20.207
  4.  Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia)    McLaren   1:20.382
  5.  Jarno Trulli (Italy [ Images ])             Toyota    1:20.459
  6.  Rubens Barrichello [ Images ] (Brazil [ Images ])      Ferrari   1:20.906
  7.  Giancarlo Fisichella [ Images ] (Italy)     Renault   1:21.010
  8.  Takuma Sato [ Images ] (Japan [ Images ])              BAR       1:21.114
  9.  Ralf Schumacher (Germany [ Images ])        Toyota    1:21.191
 10.  Michael Schumacher (Germany)     Ferrari   1:21.275
 11.  Jacques Villeneuve (Canada [ Images ])      Sauber    1:21.352
 12.  Mark Webber [ Images ] (Australia [ Images ])          Williams  1:21.997
 13.  David Coulthard [ Images ] (Britain)        Red Bull  1:22.108
 14.  Nick Heidfeld [ Images ] (Germany)          Williams  1:22.117
 15.  Christian Klien (Austria)        Red Bull  1:22.207
 16.  Felipe Massa [ Images ] (Brazil)            Sauber    1:22.495
 17.  Narain Karthikeyan [ Images ] (India [ Images ])       Jordan    1:23.583
 18.  Christijan Albers (Netherlands)  Minardi   1:24.576
 19.  Patrick Friesacher (Austria)     Minardi   1:25.566
 20.  Tiago Monteiro (Portugal)        Jordan