Schumacher takes round one

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER won the first round of his final fight with Fernando Alonso following practice for tomorrow’s Brazilian Grand Prix.

Schumacher finished just over a tenth of a second faster than Alonso at the end of the second hour-long session at Interlagos.

However, the seven-times world champion was forced to settle for the sixth fastest time of the day after clocking one minute 13.713 seconds, with Alonso down in 10th.