It was Ken Quinn, a second mate from the American container ship that was hijacked off Somalia in April.
Hamilton was eight seconds in front by the time of the second pit-stop period, after which Raikkonen slowed and allowed his team-mate to take second place at the end of the back on lap 49.
He finished second to team-mate Helio Castroneves in the 2001 Indy 500 and was 10th last year as Castroneves won again.
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The third title contender, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, did even worse and will start 16th, with his team-mate Mark Webber second on the grid.
His Suzuki team-mate Troy Corser is second after a win and a third.
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The McLaren driver dominated the race at Shanghai while his title rival Felipe Massa was handed second place by Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen.
Mali striker Fredi Kanoute opened the scoring in the eight minute after his initial header was blocked, and 13th-placed Gijon lost Mate Bilic to a second yellow card on 32.
With team-mate Felipe Massa qualifying third, half a second behind Alonso and pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel, and ahead of the German's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, it was Ferrari's best qualifying result of the season so far.
Kubica's team-mate Nick Heidfeld and the second Toyota of Jarno Trulli completed the top 10.
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Renault rookie Heikki Kovalainen has made the top 10 and outqualified team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella for the second time this season.
Belfast woman Nocher led at halfway in Saturday's 400m freestyle final but those who passed her included her Irish team-mate Murphy who won her second bronze medal of the championships.
Welsh team-mate Laura Douglas finished in second with 58.26.
But with five laps to go Lorenzo pushed so hard when overtaking that he only just managed to stay on the bike, running very wide and allowing his team-mate Rossi to stay in second.
The seven-time champion closed in on his former team-mate at more than a second a lap, and was right on the Honda's tail with two laps to go, but the Brazilian was equal to the challenge and held the German off.
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Barrichello was also third in the second session, just ahead of team-mate and championship leader Jenson Button.
Whild has been friends with Brown for a long time but is keen for the Reds to win their second qualifying round tie to ruin his old mate's weekend.
Worthington brought Manchester United teenager Oliver Norwood on for his senior debut in the second half while his Old Trafford team-mate Corey Evans and Jonny Gorman were also introduced after the break.
After stopping with transmission problems in the second session, Hamilton's team-mate Heikki Kovalainen qualified only 13th - and he was demoted a further five places when it emerged McLaren would have to change his gearbox.
Button's team-mate Rubens Barrichello scraped through into the second session but could manage only 14th place.
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Massa's team-mate Raikkonen, who crashed out of second place shortly after losing the lead, is 19 points behind Hamilton.
Schumacher totalled an incredible 144 points, with his Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello some way behind in second place with 77 points.
Williams put in another solid practice performance as Nico Rosberg recorded the third fastest time with team-mate Kazuki Nakajima fifth quickest in the second practice session.
Lawrence revealed he had discussed the prospect of joining Celtic with international team-mate Robbie Keane, who spent the second half of last season on loan in Glasgow.
His Blues team-mate Leigh Halfpenny thought he had added a second minutes later but his try was ruled out.
Amor will start second on the road and will follow his team-mate down Glencrutchery Road at this year's event.
Both drivers made it into the top-10 shoot-out despite the incident in second qualifying and Schumacher apologised to his former team-mate.
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