The jubilee two-hundredth start of Michael Schumacher in auto racing in the Formula 1 car class, which took place this weekend in Spain, ended with the German's fifth consecutive victory. The start of the race turned out to be unexpected. Primarily for Michael, who started from first position, and Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, who was second in qualifying. The pilot of the Renault team, Jarno Trulli, who occupied fourth starting position, managed to overtake the favorites and moved into first place. However, the nimble Italian's stay at the head of the race lasted until the first pit stop, after which Schumacher managed to drive out onto the track ahead of the Renault team's car. And already after the second refueling, Michael moved into first position, ahead of his teammate Rubens Barrichello. The Red Baron held this position until the end of the race. Jarno Trulli, who managed to finish third, joined the Ferrari pilots on the podium. The points-scoring top eight based on the results of the Spanish stage looked like this: 1. M. Schumacher Ferrari; 2. R. Barrichello Ferrari; 3. J. Trulli Renault; 4. F. Alonso Renault; 5. T. Sato BAR Honda; 6. R. Schumacher Williams BMW; 7. G.-C. Fisichella Sauber Petronas; 8. J. Button BAR Honda. Noteworthy is the absence from the points zone of Colombian Montoya, who was forced to stop the race due to technical reasons, and the McLaren team pilots David Coulthard and Kimi Räikkönen, who finished eleventh and twelfth respectively. The fifth stage of the royal auto races confirmed two axioms of this season. The first — about the undisputed advantage of five-time champion Michael Schumacher and the Ferrari team. The second — about the deep crisis in which the McLaren Mercedes team found itself. If in the previous season the pilots of this team were constantly in the podium zone, and Kimi Räikkönen realistically contended for the championship crown, then this season the team cannot provide worthy competition even to "second echelon" teams such as BAR Honda. Based on the results of five stages, the overall standings of the pilots took the following form: 1. M. Schumacher — 50 points; 2. R. Barrichello — 32; 3. J. Button — 24; 4. F. Alonso — 21; 5. J. Trulli — 21; 6. J. P. Montoya — 18; 7. R. Schumacher — 12; 8. T. Sato — 8; 9. D. Coulthard — 4. Team positions: 1. Ferrari — 82; 2. Renault — 42; 3. BAR Honda — 32; 4. Williams BMW — 30; 5. McLaren Mercedes — 5 . The next, sixth stage of auto racing in the Formula 1 car class, the Monaco Grand Prix, will take place on May 23 in Monte Carlo.