#F1 Lewis Hamilton breaks Michael Schumacher’s pole position record. Dramatic last lap in Pista Magica

Lewis Hamilton has hailed a truly “epic day” after writing his name above Michael Schumacher’s as the all-time pole position king in the Formula One record books.

On an afternoon of suitably English weather at the historic Italian “Temple of Speed”, the Pista Magica, the Mercedes driver conjured up a lap worthy of the great German rainmaster himself to break the Formula One record previously held by his childhood idol.

After hours of waiting, with the rain still falling and the final seconds of the session ticking away, the triple world champion was rewarded with a time that drew gasps of appreciation.His lap of one minute and 35.554 seconds was more than 1.1 seconds quicker than anybody else at the fastest track on the calendar.By comparison, there was less than a second separating the top five in Belgium — the longest circuit of all — in qualifying.”It is very hard to find the words to explain how I feel,”

Hamilton said as his 69th pole position from 201 starts sank in.Schumacher, the seven-time world champion and former Ferrari great whose tally Hamilton had equalled in Belgium last weekend, ended his career with 68 from 307 races…

Source: Lewis Hamilton breaks Michael Schumacher’s all-time pole position record with dramatic last lap in Pista Magica – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)