Lewis Hamilton [ Images ] captured his second pole position in a row at the US Grand Prix [ Images ] on Saturday to put more pressure on McLaren [ Images ] team mate Fernando Alonso [ Images ].

The British rookie, who celebrated his first Formula One pole in Canada [ Images ] last weekend, pipped double world champion Alonso in final qualifying on another sizzling hot day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Sunday's race will be the third in a row with an all-McLaren front row. Championship leader Hamilton, the winner in Montreal, leads Alonso by eight points in the championship after six races.

After struggling in the last two races, Ferrari [ Images ] returned to form by sweeping the second row with Brazil's [ Images ] Felipe Massa [ Images ] clocking the third fastest effort followed by Finland's Kimi Raikkonen [ Images ].

German teenager Sebastian Vettel [ Images ], who will make his Formula One race debut on Sunday in place of Robert Kubica [ Images ] after the Pole failed a fitness test following his big crash in Canada, will start a superb seventh for BMW Sauber [ Images ].

Provisional starting grid for the US Grand Prix:

1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren

2. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren

3. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari

4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari

5. Nick Heidfeld [ Images ] (Germany [ Images ]) BMW Sauber

6. Heikki Kovalainen [ Images ] (Finland) Renault [ Images ]

7. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) BMW Sauber

8. Jarno Trulli [ Images ] (Italy [ Images ]) Toyota [ Images ]

9. Mark Webber [ Images ] (Australia [ Images ]) RedBull - Renault

10. Giancarlo Fisichella [ Images ] (Italy) Renault

11. David Coulthard [ Images ] (Britain) RedBull - Renault

12. Ralf Schumacher (Germany) Toyota

13. Jenson Button [ Images ] (Britain) Honda

14. Nico Rosberg [ Images ] (Germany) Williams - Toyota

15. Rubens Barrichello [ Images ] (Brazil) Honda

16. Anthony Davidson [ Images ] (Britain) Super Aguri - Honda

17. Alexander Wurz (Austria) Williams - Toyota

18. Takuma Sato [ Images ] (Japan [ Images ]) Super Aguri - Honda

19. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) Toro Rosso - Ferrari

20. Scott Speed (U.S.) Toro Rosso - Ferrari

21. Adrian Sutil [ Images ] (Germany) Spyker - Ferrari

 22. Christijan Albers (Netherlands) Spyker - Ferrari