Dominant Schumacher Gives Credit to Ferrari

Michael Schumacher praised his Ferrari team after he left his rivals trailing in the distance to win an eventful Spanish Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday and claim his fourth victory in five races this season.

The four times World Champion was utterly dominant, leading untroubled from pole position to chequered flag and beating second placed Juan Pablo Montoya's Williams by 35.6 seconds.

Schumacher was happy to give credit to his team, saying: "This is simply the right circuit for our car and our team have done a tremendous job over winter time and again this circuit shows really what our engineers have done."

It was Schumacher's 57th career win, a fitting celebration for a man who has now started more races for Ferrari than any other driver, and his second Spanish victory in succession.

"Although I was out in front, I was not bored because I was able to watch the fight for sixth," said Schumacher. "The team told me it was best not to get involved with it and so I did not try and pass them."

The only scare of Schumacher's day came in the warm-up, when his car ground to a halt with a hydraulics problem, but Ferrari's hopes of a repeat of their one-two finish in the last race in Italy were short lived.

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, who thought his run of bad luck had ended with his second place at the San Marino Grand Prix, failed to start after a gear selection problem stranded his car on the grid before the formation lap.

The scarlet car was pushed back to the pits and Barrichello retired with just one finish and six points to his name after five races.

"It's really bad luck for Rubens, everything has gone wrong for him this year," said race winner Schumacher.