Schumacher competition winner

Thanks to the many hundreds of you who entered the competition to predict where Michael Schumacher would start and finish the Belgian Grand Prix, after receiving a ten place grid drop for chopping Rubens Barrichello towards the wall in Hungary.
Many of you correctly predicted that he would start 21st after his 10 place penalty was [...]

Schumacher/Barrichello: A Clearer View

I’m grateful to Russell Batchelor, the photographer who took this amazing photo, for sending me a high resolution version so you can see more clearly exactly what was going on between Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello on the Hungaroring pit straight, late in Sunday’s race.
There’s a full size version at the bottom of this post [...]

Schumacher says the hardest word

Michael Schumacher has apologised to Rubens Barrichello for trying to put him in the wall in the closing stages of yesterday’s Hungarian Grand Prix.
Writing in German only on his website (the English version of the site does not yet have the post at the time of writing) he says,
“Yesterday right after the race I was [...]

Was Schumacher out of order today?

Rubens Barrichello described the move his old team mate Michael Schumacher pulled on him today as “the most dangerous” in his entire career. The stewards weren’t too impressed and have penalised the seven times world champion with a ten place grid penalty at the next race in Spa.
Coming on the eve of his 300th Grand [...]

Why Mercedes walked away from Schumacher appeal

Mercedes has decided not to go through with the appeal into the stewards’ decision to punish Michael Schumacher for his opportunistic pass on Fernando Alonso in the final corner of the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.
In a statement this morning the team said it had instructed Schumacher to race in the final corner, as they [...]

Damon Hill reveals he’s had hate mail over Schumacher decision

Damon Hill has spoken to the Times today, questioning the validity of former drivers acting as a fourth steward and sitting in judgement on fellow professionals.
He also revealed that he has received hate mail from Schumacher fans for his part in the decision to punish the German for his overtaking move on Fernando Alonso [...]

Schumacher punished by Hill and stewards for illegal overtake

Michael Schumacher’s cheeky attempt to steal sixth place from Fernando Alonso in the Rascasse corner in today’s Monaco Grand Prix has been deemed illegal by the race stewards, of whom Schumacher’s former rival Damon Hill was a member.
Meanwhile his former Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali described the move as “really dangerous.”

The safety car had been [...]

Has Mercedes hurt Rosberg to help Schumacher?

There is a lot of chatter at the moment about the updates on the Mercedes in Barcelona being done to help Michael Schumacher, but at the expense of Nico Rosberg. Rosberg had a stronger start to the season, but in Spain the form was turned around.
Rosberg went into Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix in second place [...]

Frustrated Button critical of Schumacher

Jenson Button had a frustrating afternoon in the Spanish Grand Prix, losing a place to Michael Schumacher at the first pit stop and failing to pass him for the remainder of the race.
Button scored ten points for fifth place and retained his lead in the world championship heading into this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, but [...]

Rosberg expects Schumacher backlash in Spanish Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg said this afternoon that he expects his team mate Michael Schumacher to come back strongly in this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, after a disappointing start to the season, now he is armed with the updated Mercedes car.
Rosberg has had the edge on Schumacher at every race so far and in China the gap [...]

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