Schumacher sets standard in practice

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER underlined during practice at the German Grand Prix yesterday his determination to eat further into Fernando Alonso’s points lead.

The Ferrari star, who has won the last two races, was the fastest race driver at Hockenheim with Alonso’s Renault well back in 15th place.

Schumacher was 0.277 seconds behind BMW Sauber tester Robert Kubica’s lap of one minute 16.225sec.