Michael Schumacher and Felippe Massa are 2nd and 3rd in Nurburgring Qualifying, the European Grandprix. While Alonso grabbed the pole position, the Ferraris certianly look stronger here. Schumi was the fastest in the morning practice and looked all set to grab the pole untill the final laps. Looks like championship leader Fernando Alonso has urged Renault to give him a pole-winning strategy and got it while his team mate, Fisichella was out of final ten for the second succesive race. Unlike Alonso, however, Schumacher does not overly prize Pole Position and said strategy is so much more important. So, if Alonso is on less fuel, Ferrari and Schumi will have a good chance of winning the European Grandprix at Nurburgring. Schumi has already won 4 times at his home grandprix, Nurburgring and I hope he will do it again.
Schumi, the greatest qualifier ever
Michael Schumacher made F1 history on Saturday when he broke Ayrton Senna’s pole position record in Imola, the scene of Ayrton Senna’s tragic death 12 years ago. Schumacher, who has won this race six times in the past not only achieved this feat at the very track where the Brazilian claimed his final P1 slot but also infront of Tifosi at Ferrari’s home. Michael Schumacher became statistically the greatest qualifier, who now has 66 poles to his name, clocked a 1:22.795 to beat Jenson Button to the P1 slot. Barrichello is third in his Honda, ahead of Felipe Massa and Alonso is only 5th in his Renault. More about qualifying soon..
Hungarian GP: The Horse Prances to the front
Source : Ferrari.com
Michael Schumacher stuns with his 64th career pole position on Saturday afternoon in Hungary. Schumi’s pole was Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro’s first pole this season since the final round of 2004 and Schumi’s first since the penultimate round last year, in Japan. The Pole position is a tremendous result for the Ferrari after such a struggle in recent races. We have to wait for the Race day to know if Ferrari is back to winning ways or it’s just a case of the F2005-Bridgestone tyre package being particularly well suited to the demands of the Hungaroring circuit. Whatever happens on Race day, it’s a great performance by Ferrari and Schumi in the Qualifying
Well done Ferrari and Schumi.