Schumi climbs another pole

Michael Schumacher celebrated a pole position hat-trick at the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari reserved the front row for themselves yet again.

It was the 46th pole of the dominant four-times world champion8217;s career and his third in a Formula One season in which he has won three out of four races.

The German8217;s one minute 16.364 second lap not only shattered Jacques Villeneuve8217;s 1997 record of 1:16.525, it was also nearly a second faster than the third-placed time set by his younger brother Ralf in a Williams.

It was also his third Spanish pole in a row, his fifth in total, and 8212; more ominously 8212; Schumacher has gone on to win the world title every year that he has qualified quickest in Spain.