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Italian Michele Alboreto, who leaves Ferrari next...

Italian Michele Alboreto, who leaves Ferrari next season to make room for Nigel Mansell, won the provisional pole position for Sunday’s British Formula One Grand Prix.

He lapped the 2.969-mile Silverstone circuit in 1 minute 10.669 seconds in a qualifying session cut short by rain, edging his teammate Gerhard Berger. Alboreto’s average speed was 151.246 m.p.h.

McLaren driver Ayrton Senna was third with a time of 1:10.787, followed by teammate Alain Prost in 1:11.550.

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