Juan Pablo Montoya gets away well from pole but McLaren team-mate Kimi Raikkonen is forced wide at the first corner Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella spins and crashes out on the Eau Rouge corner on lap eleven, bringing the safety car out Michael Schumacher is visibly angry after his Ferrari is clipped by the BAR of Takuma Sato, ending both drivers' races World Championship leader Fernando Alonso is driving a steady race in fourth approaching the midway point in the race Ralf Schumacher is also going well but makes a mistake going onto dry tyres and eventually finishes in seventh place Raikkonen crosses the finish line ahead of Alonso to keep the drivers' championship race alive for another two weeks The Finn climbs the podium followed by Alonso and Britain's Jenson Button, who claims third, to pick up his trophy Alonso is equally happy with his second place and is still favourite to become F1's youngest ever world champion
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