Michael Schumacher breaks Formula One record for most poles

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Sunday, April 23, 2006

Bologna, Italia - Michael Schumacher has set the Formula One pole record. "Schumi" won the pole position at the San Marino Grand Prix. The pole position was the 66th for Schumacher. Ayrton Senna held the previous record. Senna won his F1-career 65 pole positions between years 1984-1994. Schumacher has been racing in the F1-series since 1991. Senna won 40% of his pole attempts (161 races) compared to Schumacher's 28% (235 races so far). This new pole record reawakened the affection for Senna who died in 1994 on the fifth lap at the same race, the San Marino Grand Prix, a race won by Schumacher who was also champion the same year.

Results of timetrial

Starting Order

1. Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2. Jenson Button Honda
3. Rubens Barrichello Honda
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari
5. Fernando Alonso Renault
6. Ralf Schumacher Toyota
7. Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren
8. Kimi Räikkönen McLaren
9. Jarno Trulli Toyota
10. Mark Webber Williams
11. Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
12. Jacques Villeneuve BMW-Sauber
13. Nico Rosberg Williams
14. David Coulthard Red Bull
15. Nick Heidfeld BMW-Sauber
16. Vitantonio Liuzzi Squderia Toro Rosso
17. Christian Klien Red Bull
18. Scott Speed Squderia Toro Rosso
19. Tiago Monteiro MF1
20. Christijan Albers MF1
21. Takuma Sato Super Aguri
22. Yuji Ide Super Aguri

Results of 3rd part of the time trial

1. Michael Schumacher 1.22,795
2. Jenson Button 1.22,988
3. Rubens Barrichello 1.23,242
4. Felipe Massa 1.23,702
5. Fernando Alonso 1.23,709
6. Ralf Schumacher 1.23,772
7. Juan Pablo Montoya 1.24,021
8. Kimi Räikkönen 1.24,158
9. Jarno Trulli 1.24,172
10. Mark Webber 1.24,795

Results of 2nd part of the time trial

1. Michael Schumacher 1.22,579
2. Kimi Räikkönen 1.23,190
3. Ralf Schumacher 1.23,565
4. Felipe Massa 1.23,595
5. Mark Webber 1.23,718
6. Jarno Trulli 1.23,727
7. Fernando Alonso 1.23,748
8. Jenson Button 1.23,749
9. Rubens Barrichello 1.23,760
10. Juan Pablo Montoya 1.23,760
11. Giancarlo Fisichella 1.23,771
12. Jacques Villeneuve 1.23,887
13. Nico Rosberg 1.23,966
14. David Coulthard 1.24,101
15. Nick Heidfeld 1.24,129
16. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1.24,520

Results of first part of the time trial

1. Fernando Alonso 1.23,536
2. Kimi Räikkönen 1.24,259
3. Ralf Schumacher 1.24,370
4. Giancarlo Fisichella 1.24,434
5. Jarno Trulli 1.24,446
6. Jenson Button 1.24,480
7. Nico Rosberg 1.24,495
8. Michael Schuamcher 1.24,598
9. Rubens Barrichello 1.24,727
10. David Coulthard 1.24,849
11. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1.24,879
12. Felipe Massa 1.24,884
13. Juan Pablo Montoya 1.24,960
14. Mark Webber 1.24,992
15. Jacques Villeneuve 1.25,081
16. Nick Heidfeld 1.25,410
17. Christian Klien 1.25,410
18. Scott Speed 1.25,437
19. Tiago Monteiro 1.26,820
20. Christijan ALbers 1.27,088
21. Takuma Sato 1.27,609
22. Yuji Ide 1.29,282