And he's done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.
Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so.
Schumacher has made his final stop three times.
You can cut the tension with a cricket stump.
Michael Schumacher is leading Michael Schumacher.
And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.