Title-hunting Schumacher records fastest practice lap

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER fired up his home crowd at the German Grand Prix yesterday for what could become a Ferrari title celebration tomorrow.

After being pipped by BAR’s British test driver Anthony Davidson in the morning, the six-times world champion blasted back on a sweltering afternoon at Hockenheim with a lap of one minute 15.001 seconds.

The German, beaten just once this year, can equal his own record of 11 wins in a single season tomorrow while also helping Ferrari secure their sixth successive Formula One constructors’ crown.