Brazilian GP - These things happen in racing
Interlagos, 21st October 2006
To the great delight of the noisiest crowd on the F1 calendar, local man Felipe Massa took pole position for tomorrow's final round of this year's world championship, with a bravura performance at the wheel of his impeccable 248 F1. But if a happy Massa claimed he would remember this day for the rest of his life, his Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team-mate, Michael Schumacher found himself re-using a phrase he had delivered after retiring from the Japanese Grand Prix a fortnight ago: "these things happen in racing." Having comfortably made sure of a run in the final part of qualifying, the German left the pits for his last ever qualifying run, only to gradually slow and crawl back to the pit lane with what was later found to be loss of fuel pressure, due a faulty fuel pump. It was a cruel blow given the well known situation in the Drivers' championship, even if it means that tomorrow's 71 lap Brazilian Grand Prix now promises to see a very interesting race develop. An all-Ferrari front row was definitely on the cards today had it not been for Schumacher's bad luck.
Instead, for his third pole position, Felipe shares the front row with the man who will be his team-mate next season, Kimi Raikkonen, in the McLaren-Mercedes. Third place goes to the Toyota of Jarno Trulli, while reigning champion Fernando Alonso is fourth in his Renault. The third row sees Rubens Barrichello put his Honda in fifth spot, with Giancarlo Fisichella in the second Renault in sixth spot. Michael shares the fifth row of the grid with the BMW-Sauber of Robert Kubica. The challenge of winning either the Drivers' or Constructors' championships will be extremely tough tomorrow, however, if "these things happen in racing" is the unfortunate leitmotif of the last two races for the Scuderia, "we never give up" is a much longer-standing Ferrari tradition. Technical Director Ross Brawn feels the overall 248 F1-Bridgestone package is good enough to still see both Felipe and Michael stay and get to the front tomorrow. And it is worth noting that Michael once won the Belgian GP starting way down in sixteenth place.
To the great delight of the noisiest crowd on the F1 calendar, local man Felipe Massa took pole position for tomorrow's final round of this year's world championship, with a bravura performance at the wheel of his impeccable 248 F1. But if a happy Massa claimed he would remember this day for the rest of his life, his Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team-mate, Michael Schumacher found himself re-using a phrase he had delivered after retiring from the Japanese Grand Prix a fortnight ago: "these things happen in racing." Having comfortably made sure of a run in the final part of qualifying, the German left the pits for his last ever qualifying run, only to gradually slow and crawl back to the pit lane with what was later found to be loss of fuel pressure, due a faulty fuel pump. It was a cruel blow given the well known situation in the Drivers' championship, even if it means that tomorrow's 71 lap Brazilian Grand Prix now promises to see a very interesting race develop. An all-Ferrari front row was definitely on the cards today had it not been for Schumacher's bad luck.
Instead, for his third pole position, Felipe shares the front row with the man who will be his team-mate next season, Kimi Raikkonen, in the McLaren-Mercedes. Third place goes to the Toyota of Jarno Trulli, while reigning champion Fernando Alonso is fourth in his Renault. The third row sees Rubens Barrichello put his Honda in fifth spot, with Giancarlo Fisichella in the second Renault in sixth spot. Michael shares the fifth row of the grid with the BMW-Sauber of Robert Kubica. The challenge of winning either the Drivers' or Constructors' championships will be extremely tough tomorrow, however, if "these things happen in racing" is the unfortunate leitmotif of the last two races for the Scuderia, "we never give up" is a much longer-standing Ferrari tradition. Technical Director Ross Brawn feels the overall 248 F1-Bridgestone package is good enough to still see both Felipe and Michael stay and get to the front tomorrow. And it is worth noting that Michael once won the Belgian GP starting way down in sixteenth place.
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