Jean-Eric Vergne says he is not angry with Michael Schumacher – Formula 1 news
Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne has said that he is not feeling angry with Michael Schumacher of Mercedes who caused his retirement in the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix after hitting him from behind.
Schumacher lost control of his car at turn 14 in the last race held at Marina Bay Street Circuit and smashed Vergne at his back which eventually caused the retirement of both the drivers. Later on, the seven-time world champion expressed that he tried his
best to slow down the car for the turn but his brakes didn’t work and unfortunately he crashed into the Frenchman’s car.
It is to be noted that the record championship holder has not collided with any driver for the first time in the current season as he also hit Bruno Senna of Williams in the Spanish GP for which he received a five-place grid penalty. Hence, this time, the
race stewards have decided to give the veteran German driver a ten-place grid penalty for the next race instead of five-place.
Nevertheless, the 22-year-old has said that he is not angry with Schumacher and said that such incidents happen in races.
“There is no sense in being angry about it,” Vergne said. “These things happen in racing and even the most experienced driver on the grid can make mistakes!”
In addition, he said that he was trying to catch up Sergio Perez of Sauber in the previous race when the most celebrated driver in the history of the sport hit him at the rear. Besides, he said that he wasn’t aware of what happened actually during the race.
“I was focussing on catching (Sergio) Perez at that point, trying to brake late to catch him. So I am not too sure what happened exactly, but I assume Michael braked a bit too late and could not avoid running in to me,” he said.
Furthermore, he said that he is feeling a little bit disappointed as he had the chance to attain some reasonable points but could not avail it.
“It's just a shame it did not end with the points for eighth or maybe even seventh place,” he added.
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