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Kimi Raikkonen is on pole position for tomorrow’s French Grand Prix in the Ferrari beating his team-mate, Felipe Massa, by just five-hundredths-of-a-second.

Lewis Hamilton made third place for McLaren Mercedes but his penalty from the incident at the pit exit in Montreal will see him in thirteenth on the grid.

Fernando Alonso in the Renault will start from third place ahead of Jarno Trulli in fourth for the Toyota team and Robert Kubica, winner of the last Grand Prix in the BMW Sauber.

Mark Webber for the Red Bull Renault is in sixth place ahead of his team-mate David Coulthard, in seventh followed by the second Toyota of Timo Glock.

Nelson Piquet for the Renault team starts from eighth alongside Nick Heidfeld for BMW Sauber with Sebastian Vettel in the Torro Rosso in tenth.

Here are the qualifying results;

1. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1m 16.449
2. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 1:16.490
3. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:16.693 *
4. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 1:16.840
5. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 1:16.920
6. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 1:16.944 **
7. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 1:17.037
8. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 1:17.233
9. David Coulthard (Britain) RedBull - Renault 1:17.426
10. Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 1:17.596
11. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault 1:15.770
12. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:15.786
13. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:15.816
14. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 1:16.045
15. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams - Toyota 1:16.235 *
16. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams - Toyota 1:16.243
17. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 1:16.306
18. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 1:16.330
19. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India - Ferrari 1:16.971
20. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India - Ferrari 1:17.053

* = will be demoted 10 places on the grid

** = will be demoted five places on the grid