Michael Schumacher dominated qualifying today at Imola, recording his 66th career Pole Position and moving ahead of the previous best of 65 recorded by Ayrton Senna at this circuit 12 years ago. Schumacher’s Bridgestone-shod 248 F1 looked especially well hooked up as he stopped the clocks with a 1:22.795s, nearly two-tenths clear of the field. “With the car we had, getting a pole was sort of obvious, but it is always great to start from Pole,†Schumacher said. “The record is less important for me. You look at records when you finish racing. I think we can show our very strong race pace.”
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To all of MS’ detractors out there… the boy is on his 66th pole, the highest ever recorded in F1 history – okay, if you take away that altercation with Villeneuve and him being penalised, some would say that would bring his “official poles” down to 63, but hey, he WAS on the front of the grid for 66 times and that’s what counts.
The race tomorrow, especially with the make up of the grid (I hope that Barrichello doesn’t do anything stupid “just to prove himself”) should be an interesting race…
Where are you going to watch it? C’mon, tell all where is the best place in Bahrain to watch the race!
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Need I say more?
There are only 15 points between him and the lead now, and there are 15 races to go… so this is shaping up to be a very interesting season already.
How about that crash! How can anyone survive that sort of accident? Albers was a very very lucky boy indeed, and it is a testament to the build and safety standards of the F1 cars that a person can simply walk away from this without a bruise apparently!