M. Schumacher will always be king
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M. Schumacher will always be king
The man has been out of his seat for a year, an entire year! he has not been working out in the gym every day onn his onld F1 fitness program, and yet look at this.
The man will always be considered one of the best, if not flat out, the best.
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Schumacher quickest on F1 return
Tuesday, 13, November, 2007, 17:11
Michael Schumacher proved he had lost none of the speed that made him a seven-times world champion as he topped the times on the first day of testing at Barcelona.
The Ferrari legend, back in to help the team as it adapts to the ban on traction control, was the only man to set a time in the 1m21s range as F1 kicked off its winter testing season.
Despite a year in retirement, the 38-year-old German looked far from ring-rusty as he set a time of 1m21.922s, completing 64 laps of the Spanish Grand Prix venue.
Second quickest was Ferrari's regular test driver Luca Badoer, who was 0.2s slower in the sister car.
McLaren's test driver Pedro de la Rosa was third fastest but the Spaniard was more than 0.7s slower than Schumacher as the Woking team began its own programme to adapt to the new standard ECU, driver-aid free F1.
British DTM ace and F1 hopeful Gary Paffett was sixth fastest in the second McLaren having spent several hours in the team simulator working on new developments for the '08 car over the past months.
Renault's sole representative was Heikki Kovalainen, who has still not been publicly confirmed with the team for 2008.
The Finn, who admitted to revelling in his TC-free R27, was fourth fastest.
Just 0.021s behind Kovy was Robert Kubica as BMW got serious about 2008 and brought both its race drivers to the test for the full three days.
Nick Heidfeld, one of the few drivers on the grid with any experience of F1 without traction control, was tenth fastest.
New Williams signing Kazuki Nakajima, who said last week that he hoped his lack of experience with TC would help him, was seventh fastest, out-pacing team-mate Nico Rosberg (11th).
David Coulthard's Red Bull was eighth.
RBR also gave Indian hopeful Karun Chandhok a run. The GP2 race winner had an eventful day on his way to 18th.
Neither Toyota driver had a trouble-free day.
Jarno Trulli (9th), suffering from a fever, was scheduled to run a programme of 2008 developments but an engine problem curtailed his running early while test driver Franck Montagny had to wait while the teams chased gremlins in a car that was fitted with the new standard ECU.
The man will always be considered one of the best, if not flat out, the best.
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Schumacher quickest on F1 return
Tuesday, 13, November, 2007, 17:11
Michael Schumacher proved he had lost none of the speed that made him a seven-times world champion as he topped the times on the first day of testing at Barcelona.
The Ferrari legend, back in to help the team as it adapts to the ban on traction control, was the only man to set a time in the 1m21s range as F1 kicked off its winter testing season.
Despite a year in retirement, the 38-year-old German looked far from ring-rusty as he set a time of 1m21.922s, completing 64 laps of the Spanish Grand Prix venue.
Second quickest was Ferrari's regular test driver Luca Badoer, who was 0.2s slower in the sister car.
McLaren's test driver Pedro de la Rosa was third fastest but the Spaniard was more than 0.7s slower than Schumacher as the Woking team began its own programme to adapt to the new standard ECU, driver-aid free F1.
British DTM ace and F1 hopeful Gary Paffett was sixth fastest in the second McLaren having spent several hours in the team simulator working on new developments for the '08 car over the past months.
Renault's sole representative was Heikki Kovalainen, who has still not been publicly confirmed with the team for 2008.
The Finn, who admitted to revelling in his TC-free R27, was fourth fastest.
Just 0.021s behind Kovy was Robert Kubica as BMW got serious about 2008 and brought both its race drivers to the test for the full three days.
Nick Heidfeld, one of the few drivers on the grid with any experience of F1 without traction control, was tenth fastest.
New Williams signing Kazuki Nakajima, who said last week that he hoped his lack of experience with TC would help him, was seventh fastest, out-pacing team-mate Nico Rosberg (11th).
David Coulthard's Red Bull was eighth.
RBR also gave Indian hopeful Karun Chandhok a run. The GP2 race winner had an eventful day on his way to 18th.
Neither Toyota driver had a trouble-free day.
Jarno Trulli (9th), suffering from a fever, was scheduled to run a programme of 2008 developments but an engine problem curtailed his running early while test driver Franck Montagny had to wait while the teams chased gremlins in a car that was fitted with the new standard ECU.
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This just says it all...
Long time Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer told the Bild-Zeitung newspaper: "What Michael has done is unbelievable. It's like he has had a day off, not a year. "He is definitely the world's fastest driver," the Italian added.
Coulthard continued: "For those who doubted Michael's quality even for a moment, he has lost nothing. It shows that age does not matter - if he was back in Formula One, he would be at the front.
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Coulthard continued: "For those who doubted Michael's quality even for a moment, he has lost nothing. It shows that age does not matter - if he was back in Formula One, he would be at the front.
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