أرشيف وسم ‘ Michael Schumacher ’
Bernie Ecclestone has said that it is a shame that F1's 'new' fans will view Michael Schumacher in a different light due to his comeback
Michael Schumacher joked about the presence of the number seven as he bowed out of F1 in Brazil. Schumacher finished seventh in Brazil - the position he qualified for his debut back in 1991. "What an exciting and eventful Grand Prix! Strangely enough, my last ever Formula One race began with a puncture which pushed me down the running order", he said. "But it's always been my philosophy to never give up - there's always a chance, you just have to keep going and seize […]
Kamui Kobayashi has thanked Sauber after he finished his final race for the team in ninth place. Kobayashi was running in sixth place but spun and dropped down the order. "I had a good start and stayed out of trouble. The beginning of the race was good. Then the track conditions became tricky with the drizzle and I had contact with Mark Webber’s car", he said. "That was why we had to change the nose cone when I pitted for intermediate tyres after eight laps. […]
Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg have said that the set-up on their cars have been compromised in anticipation of inclement weather. Schumacher failed to make it through to Q3 and starts fourteenth. "For obvious reasons, I am not particularly happy about the qualifying session today", he said. "We might have compromised the car too much for the rain which is expected for tomorrow and was also forecast for qualifying. When the drops came down just before, it looked even more likely". "Anyway, my […]
Jenson Button finished at the front of the 60th and final practice session of the 2012 season. Button finished ahead of Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton. The Force India duo of Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg were 6th and 7th, while championship challenger Fernando Alonso could manage only eighth place when teams undertook qualifying simulations. It was a bad session for Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn exited Turn 3 on his first flying lap, only for his engine to fail amidst a plume […]
It was a fairly decent day for Mercedes by recent standards as Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg ended practice sixth and seventh fastest. The Brazilian Grand Prix also marks Michael Schumacher's last ever race. "It was a reasonably good day, and we kept working on our planned programme", he said. "However, the predictions for Sunday at the moment are for rain, so there may be totally different conditions then. We therefore have to see what we can make of today's data and transform it into […]
Amidst the titanic scrap for the 2012 title, Brazil will also be the last race for an F1 legend...
Fernando Alonso still has a significant chance of winning the 2012 world championship this weekend. That is the view of 1996 title winner Damon Hill, who named the Spaniard as probably the toughest challenger Sebastian Vettel could possibly face for the Interlagos showdown. "If he had any other opponent, I would say that Sebastian would definitely win with his 13 points advantage," the Briton told the German newspaper Die Welt. "But you can't write off someone like Fernando Alonso. He is such a clever and […]
Michael Schumacher will take part in his final Formula One race this weekend
Michael Schumacher was left searching for words after a dismal showing at the United States Grand Prix. Schumacher started from fifth place but tumbled down the order, eventually finishing in sixteenth place. "I can't find any words other than ironic ones for the race today - there was a lot of action around me but unfortunately in the wrong direction", he said. "To say that the race was a real struggle would be an understatement". "I couldn't get any grip from my first set of […]
Qualifying for the US Grand Prix was much better than expected for Michael Schumacher. The retiring German will line up in fifth place. "Qualifying was better than we expected, especially as we have struggled over the weekend and have worked hard to make progress and achieve such a solid job today", he said. "Qualifying in sixth place is a good and important position for us as a team. I had a good lap in Q3 and everything felt right with the car so we were […]
Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher think that the United States Grand Prix will be tough due to the length of time the tyres take to warm up. "The car felt better than at the last race. The conditions were tricky, particularly this morning, as it was very cold which meant that the tyres were really on the edge", said Rosberg. Schumacher, taking part in his penultimate race, added "The track is still very green, especially offline, but it delivers lots of potential for […]