Overtaking at the San Marino Grand Prix is about as difficult as passing another car on the narrow, single-lane country roads that surround the Enzo and Dino Ferrari circuit.

Big Bernie Ecclestone lofts up his favorite son as they celebrate another famous Formula 1 victory

Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso know the routine all too well. Schumacher held off Alonso for nearly half of the 62 laps in a duel to the finish yesterday, recording his seventh win at Imola and the 85th of his career.

A year ago, the roles were reversed and Alonso beat Schumacher by blocking the Ferrari driver over the final 12 laps.


Schumacher earned the 66th pole position of his career on Saturday to break the record he shared with Ayrton Senna.
Alonso started five cars behind but, by the 35th lap, he was on Schumacher's tail. The Spaniard tried to pass Schumacher on laps 37 and 40 - but Schumacher blocked both attempts.


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Schumacher clocked 1 hour, 31 minutes, 6.486 seconds. Alonso finished 2.0 seconds behind and McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya was 15.8 back for third.

Schumacher's Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa was fourth, McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen fifth, Williams' Mark Webber sixth and Honda's Jenson Button seventh.


Source: Associated Press