Michael Schumacher says he is satisfied with the results of the Hockenheim qualifiers – Formula 1
Michael Schumacher says that he has had a nice start to the German grand Prix.
The former world champion admitted that the team was expecting a position between fifth and seventh on the gird but a fourth place in the qualifiers has been a good result for him and the team.
Schumacher also said that he was more exciting to know that the fourth place will turn into third place as the third placed Red Bull driver Mark Webber received a five place grid penalty over a gearbox change.
This leaves Schumacher in a very good position to bid for his second podium of the season, the first being at the Valencia Grand Prix.
“In any case, we can be satisfied with this result. Perhaps it would have been even better to change to a new set of tyres right at the end, but I don't think we could have done much more today. Now we have to focus completely on tomorrow's race. We know
that it should be dry tomorrow and we should be more competitive here than we were in Silverstone,” said Schumacher.
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn said that the qualifiers were eventful and the positive thing that came out was that the car was fundamentally fast in both the conditions, dry, intermediate and wet. He said that Nico Rosberg struggled a bit during the
rain but he was very quick on intermediate tyres.
Brawn praised Schumacher whom he said did an excellent job in Q2 and Q3 and he is satisfied with a second row start in tricky conditions.
Head of Mercedes Norbert Haug also said that the conditions were very tricky and it was difficult to drive in those conditions.
He added, “The conditions were extremely difficult during the qualifying session today, probably the most challenging of this season so far. Michael coped well and posted a top four qualifying result for the sixth time in ten races.”
Nico suffered from a lack of grip because of the weather conditions which meant lower temperatures and will now be starting from the back of the grid. The weather forecast for the race day is for a dry race.
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