Schumacher closes gap with French GP win

Michael Schumacher bolstered his world championship ambitions with a dominant victory in the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours today.

Sun, 16 Jul, 2006 - 15:18
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Michael Schumacher bolstered his world championship ambitions with a dominant victory in the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours today.

The Ferrari driver disappointed a capacity 84,000 crowd on Renault’s home turf with a masterful display, controlling the race from pole position.

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CourtsFormula OneFrench GPPlace: Magny-CoursPlace: SpaPlace: ItaPlace: USAPerson: SchumacherPerson: Michael SchumacherPerson: Fernando AlonsoPerson: Felipe MassaPerson: MassaPerson: AlonsoPerson: Ralf SchumacherPerson: Kimi RaikkonenPerson: Giancarlo FisichellaPerson: Pedro de la RosaPerson: Nick HeidfeldPerson: Jenson ButtonPerson: David CoulthardPerson: Rubens BarrichelloPerson: Jarno TrulliPerson: TrulliPerson: RaikkonenPerson: Jacques VilleneuvePerson: Christian KlienPerson: Vitantonio LiuzziPerson: Nico RosbergPerson: Christijan AlbersPerson: Franck MontagnyPerson: Mark WebberPerson: Tiago MonteiroPerson: Takuma SatoPerson: Juan MontoyaEvent: French GPEvent: French Grand PrixEvent: World Championship Standings Drivers’ ChampionshipOrganisation: FerrariOrganisation: RenaultOrganisation: ToyotaOrganisation: McLarenOrganisation: BMW-SauberOrganisation: HondaOrganisation: Red BullOrganisation: FerrarisOrganisation: GerOrganisation: BMW SauberOrganisation: Scuderia Toro RossoOrganisation: WilliamsOrganisation: MidlandOrganisation: Super Aguri
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