Schumacher number one again

Michael Schumacher finally deposed the ‘King of Qualifying’ from his throne to secure his first pole position for three months for tomorrow’s German Grand Prix.

Juan Pablo Montoya’s sensational run of five successive poles in his Williams-BMW came to a bitter end at a revamped Hockenheim as the scintillating Schumacher gave his adoring fans exactly what they had craved.