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發表於 2006-4-22 22:03:42
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Michael Schumacher secures a new record
San Marino GP - Qualifying
22/04/06 15:20
Michael Schumacher takes the Pole Position record at Imola
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."
Jenson Button’s final lap was good enough to ensure he starts the San Marino Grand Prix from the front row. Button was the first to bolt on new tyres in the final phase of qualifying and looked as if he may be beaten by Rubens Barrichello for the first time this year, but his last lap moved him ahead of his Brazilian team-mate who starts a much improved third.
Felipe Massa did a solid job in his Ferrari to qualify fourth ahead of Championship leader Fernando Alonso who was uncharacteristically scruffy in the final phase of qualifying. Alonso will still be a threat from fifth position on the grid.
Both Toyota runners were firmly into the top ten with Ralf Schumacher sixth fastest and Jarno Trulli ninth and ready to start his 150th Grand Prix.
Over at McLaren Mercedes, Juan Pablo Montoya took over the spare MP4-21 with his original V8 fitted and qualified in seventh position. Team-mate Kimi Raikkonen starts a low-key eighth and one suspects the car is relatively heavy on fuel but also that they have not quite found the right balance at Imola.
Mark Webber qualified his Williams Cosworth in tenths position while team-mate Nico Rosberg was eliminated from the final shoot out and starts 13th. It has been a tough weekend so far for Rosberg who had very little running on Friday and then crashed in the morning practice session. He will be relatively relieved to be starting 13th in the spare FW28.
Giancarlo Fisichella dropped the ball in qualifying. The Italian did not set a time fast enough to ensure he went through to the final qualifying shoot-out. At his home event, Fisichella starts a disappointing 11th position – especially poor given he has the latest RS26 engine development. |
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