ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) _ It looked good for Germany's Ralf
Schumacher when he finished fifth in qualifying for the Turkish
Grand Prix.
Make that 15th, after the Toyota driver was penalized Saturday
for an engine change.
``Our objective was to make the top five in qualifying so that
was a good session for us,'' he said. ``It's obviously a pity to
drop back 10 places due to the precautionary engine change.''
He clocked one minute 27.569 seconds in the third qualifying
session which determined the pole position for Sunday's race.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa of Brazil took the pole with 1:26.907 and
Ralf's brother Michael was second with 1:27.284.
Ralf Schumacher has now placed in the top eight in qualifying in
the last five races, including third at the Australian GP in March.
In the overall standings, he is 10th with 16 points. Alonso leads
with 100.
As if engine troubles weren't enough this weekend, Schumacher
reportedly left his specially designed contact lenses in Salzburg,
Austria. They were flown in to the country and reached the circuit
half an hour before Friday's practice run, Turkish newspapers said.
