Michael Schumacher beat a different sort of opponent on a different sort of track - a fighter jet on a rain-soaked runway.
The time sheet for Sunday's Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.
Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski made amends for several glaring misses when he scored a late goal and set up another as the German champions ground out a 2-0 win at battling Schalke 04 on Friday.
The 18-year-old completed 65 laps with a best time exactly three seconds slower than Ralf Schumacher.
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.
McLaren struggled, with Kimi Raikkonen eighth fastest and David Coulthard 11th in Friday's first practice for the San Marino Grand Prix.
Race stewards ruled that Rubens Barrichello was released from his pitstop by Ferrari when it was not safe to do so.
Gene, 30, has been employed in the same role with BMW-powered Williams for the past four years.
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Williams pushed their luck and paid the price in Sunday's Spanish Formula One Grand Prix as Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher wrestled with brake problems.
Last season, the Ferrari driver left Magny-Cours after winning his fifth world title with six races to spare.
Williams's Formula One championship challenge is on after they ousted McLaren as Ferrari's closest rivals.
Williams will lose Ralf Schumacher, currently injured, and Juan Pablo Montoya at the end of the season.
McLaren will support the rising career of Cheng Congfu in a bid to discover the first Chinese Formula One superstar.
The Colombian had a blistering late lap to outpace his German team mate at Williams Ralf Schumacher.
Second-placed Borussia Dortmund twice squandered the lead as they drew 2-2 at Schalke 04 in the Ruhr derby on Sunday, allowing leaders Bayern Munich to move closer to another Bundesliga title. A gem from Shinja Kagawa and an odd goal from Matthias Ginter put Dortmund ahead but the hosts hit back each time through Leroy Sane and a Klaas-Jan Huntelaar penalty. Bayern, who won 3-1 at VfB Stuttgart on Saturday, are seven points clear of Dortmund with only five matches left to play. Schalke are seventh with 45 points, behind Borussia Moenchengladbach, Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz on goal difference. Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel made eight changes to the line-up that drew 1-1 with Liverpool in the Europa League on Thursday as he rotated his side. There was little excitement in the first half where the best chances fell to Schalke as Sane struck the post from 20 metres and Junior Caicara fired a shot across the face of the goal, leaving Huntelaar waiting and furious in the middle. But the game dramatically came to life after the break.
They attended a discreet ceremony, with a few relatives and no public, in the small western German town of Kerpen.
The slick pre-season presentations, with teams taking the wraps off new cars and putting a gloss on their prospects, start in Valencia on Monday.
The Formula One team will try out the sons of former champions Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg next week.
'Air they suck in is far dirtier than the air which comes out of it.'
World champion Michael Schumacher was only 15th fastest in free practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.\n\n
"I'm convinced that we have made a step forward but I don't know how big this will be until we get to Montreal," Ralf Schumacher said.
Ten-man Manchester City staged a dramatic comeback with late goals from Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling securing them a 3-2 win at Schalke 04 in their Champions League Round of 16 first leg.
The overall winners will be announced on October 15 at an awards ceremony in the Natural History Museum's iconic Hintze Hall.
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