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Schumacher ends Alonso's pole run
 Schumacher's pole position was his third this year and 67th of his career. INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- Michael Schumacher showed that Ferrari are back on form by storming to pole position for Sunday's United States Grand Prix. The seven-times champion took his third pole of the year and the 67th of his career in one minute 10.83 seconds, and said: "We've been very strong all year long, but I was very surprised by the amount. "It shows that when the package works we can be very strong. We have suffered in past but here works very well." His Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa was second but over six tenths of a second behind, as he completed a 1-2 for the Italian team. Massa said: "My car was oversteering but it's OK. I think we can have a strong race tomorrow for sure." Giancarlo Fisichella is third in his Renault ahead of Rubens Barrichello in a Honda. World champion Fernando Alonso, who was going for his sixth straight pole, could only manage fifth in his Renault ahead of Jacques Villeneuve in a BMW Sauber and Jenson Button in a Honda. Ralf Schumacher took eighth for Toyota, ahead of the disappointing Kimi Raikkonen's McLaren. Nick Heidfeld missed the chance to qualify higher than 10th when his BMW Sauber ground to a halt at the side of the track with 15 minutes remaining. Juan Pablo Montoya missed the cut for the top 10 shoot-out in his McLaren, as did Australian Mark Webber in a Williams and American Scott Speed, in a Toro Rosso, who received great support from his home crowd on his way to 13th. Christijan Albers out-qualified his team-mate Tiago Monteiro as both Midlands made it into the top 16 for the first time -- ahead of Christian Klien in a Red Bull. The first 15-minute session saw Massa set the pace, but there was a surprise as Italian Jarno Trulli -- last year's pole-sitter -- was eliminated after his Toyota began bottoming out through the banked turn 13. Also knocked out in the first session were David Coulthard in a Red Bull, Takuma Sato in a Super Aguri and Nico Rosberg's Williams. 
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