Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th in the first qualifying round at the San Marino Grand Prix
Ferrari's tactical mastermind, says even he is amazed by Michael Schumacher's extraordinary form this season.
The Indian driver was happy with his timing at the dusty Bahrain track, where the temperature was high too.
Although Ralf Schumacher, last year's pole-setter in a Williams, qualified second fastest the German lost 10 places on the grid after having an engine replaced on Thursday.
Renault boss Flavio Briatore said the world champion has it too easy on the race track and it is about time the other drivers put him under some pressure.
The Indian ace finished ninth in the first qualifying, nine places ahead of Ferrari's Schumacher, who was the slowest of the 18 cars.
The pitstop fire provided the main talking point at Austria after Schumacher had taken his third win in a row.
Michael Schumacher made an inauspicious start to the defence of his world championship at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.
New engine rules should see four drivers who will not race on Sunday providing most of the early action on track in Melbourne.
McLaren struggled, with Kimi Raikkonen eighth fastest and David Coulthard 11th in Friday's first practice for the San Marino Grand Prix.
Schumacher will test in Jerez on Dec. 15 and 16. Ferrari's new car is not due to be formally unveiled until the second half of January.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher will write another extraordinary chapter in the Formula One record books if he wins his eighth title this year.
Race stewards ruled that Rubens Barrichello was released from his pitstop by Ferrari when it was not safe to do so.
Hamilton said he only realised the significance of what he had done when he came into the pitlane after taking the chequered flag.
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher crashed with Minardi's Christijan Albers before the start of the Chinese Grand Prix
The seven times world champion lost control on the slippery surface, spun and clattered into the tyre barrier at the S-curve.
Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher gave his seal of approval to Ferrari's new F2004 challenger on Friday after giving it an impressive track debut.
BAR's Takuma Sato says he has made his peace with the Ferrari ace following the crash that put both out of the Spa race.
The 35-year-old German takes on world rally champion Sebastien Loeb and the best that America can offer in a charity race in Paris on Saturday.
The F1 world champion said he could not imagine driving for any other team than Ferrari and he would welcome the Finn as a team mate.
Ferrari's world champion Michael Schumacher retired from Sunday's inaugural Turkish Grand Prix after an early collision with Mark Webber's Williams.
The Briton expressed his disappointment that the Brazilian had decided to leave Ferrari for BAR at the end of the season.
Team mate Kimi Raikkonen was the second fastest race driver with a time of one minute 28.453 seconds.
The German won the opening sprint over 600 metres but lost in the second race over 1,200 metres and the 900-metre decider against a Eurofighter jet.
Schumacher says his years of experience should stand him in good stead for Sunday's first Turkish Grand Prix.
Ferrari's record-breaking season may go down in the Formula One history books as the peak of Michael Schumacher's career.
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