Normal service resumes with Schumacher’s sixth victory

WORLD champion Michael Schumacher restored Formula One to its normal order here yesterday when he won the European Grand Prix at a canter as Ferrari claimed their fourth one-two of the season.

The German driver led from his 60th career pole position to claim his sixth win in seven races. His smooth and calculated performance blew away thoughts that Jarno Trulli’s Monaco victory for Renault could herald a challenge to the world champion's domination. And Barrichello completed Ferrari's return to form as he used a two-stop tactic, compared with most other drivers’ three-stop strategies, to climb from his seventh place on the grid to second by the end of the 60-lap race.

Behind the red rout, which saw Schumacher extend his championship lead over Barrichello to 14 points, Briton Jenson Button claimed his fifth podium finish in six races as he came home third for BAR-Honda.