Schuey: This title won't mean as much

The German is on the cusp of becoming only the third man in the history of Formula 1 to win four titles. A victory in this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, or three more points than David Coulthard, will wrap up his second successive world championship.

But the Ferrari ace says it will not be as meaningful as his third, which came in 2000 after five years of development work resurrecting an ailing Ferrari team from also-rans to world champions and also ended a 21-year world championship drought for the Maranello team.

"The latest one is always the one that sticks in your mind, but it cannot be better than what we did last year," said Schumacher. "Since my success last year I only race for each race and whatever comes out of it is welcome.

"If I won the championship I would certainly be delighted but the main step was done in 2000."

Schumacher will start Sunday's race from pole position for the ninth time this season after a dominant display in today's (Saturday's) qualifying session. A victory at the Hungaroring would equal Alain Prost's record of 51 wins.