Sato leaves Schumacher trailing

Takuma Sato stole Michael Schumacher’s thunder in pre-qualifying for the European Grand Prix today by setting a lap record at the Nurburgring.

Schumacher had looked untouchable at the top of the timing sheets when he shattered the lap record on his home track, but Sato improved the mark by over half a second, setting a time of one minute 27.691seconds.