No home rule for Renault as Schumacher scorches to pole

Michael Schumacher took pole position for the French Grand Prix today as Ferrari delivered a body blow to Renault on their home ground at Magny-Cours.

No home rule for Renault as Schumacher scorches to pole
Sat, 15 Jul, 2006 - 15:25
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Michael Schumacher took pole position for the French Grand Prix today as Ferrari delivered a body blow to Renault on their home ground at Magny-Cours.

Schumacher and Renault’s Fernando Alonso duelled for track position early on but the German won the battle which really mattered when he led home a Ferrari clean sweep of qualifying.

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