Michael schumacher

1. Rubens Barrichello threatened with sack at Austria 2002

Sezione: F1

Rubens Barrichello has this week continued his tirade against Ferrari and Michael Schumacher. The veteran Brazilian, whose record-setting formula one career looks at an end, has followed through with his promise to one day reveal more about his six-year tenure with the famous Italian team. On the Brazilian TV programme Fantastico, he claims he was threatened...

Data: 2008-11-25

2. Michael Schumacher says Ferrari treated Rubens Barrichello fairly

Sezione: F1

Michael Schumacher has responded to reports that Rubens Barrichello plans to one day publish a book of revealing memoirs about his time at Ferrari. Barrichello, 36, spent six years as Schumacher\'s teammate at the Italian team, during which time the German secured five of his seven drivers\' titles. In the same period, Barrichello won just nine races, but...

Data: 2008-11-17

3. Volkswagen returns to Macau Grand Prix

Sezione: Sport

...Volkswagen returns to the Chinese province next weekend (15/16 November) with five talented young drivers all keen to follow in the wheeltracks of the team’s last winner – Michael Schumacher. Schumacher’s 1990 Volkswagen-powered Macau victory was his first major international win, and it helped set him on the path to a Formula 1 drive the...

Data: 2008-11-15

4. Rubens Barrichello to reveal Ferrari truths one day

Sezione: F1

...formula one career. Speaking from an awards night in Sao Paulo, the 36-year-old Brazilian was reacting to a recent controversy that highlighted the tense relationship he shared with Michael Schumacher and Ferrari as a race driver with the Italian team. \"The public does not know even half of the story about what I experienced with Ferrari,\" the Honda driver...

Data: 2008-11-13

5. Michael Schumacher forgives Massa for drunken insult

Sezione: F1

Michael Schumacher has dismissed as the result of too much alcohol a controversy that brought into doubt his relationship with Ferrari's Felipe Massa. It emerged this week that, at a season-ending party in Sao Paulo following the Brazilian grand prix, Massa joined in an insulting song about Schumacher with the former Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello. But...

Data: 2008-11-10

6. Eddie Irvine urges Ferrari switch for Hamilton

Sezione: F1

...has urged Lewis Hamilton to consider switching to Ferrari some day. The retired 42-year-old Ulsterman drove for the British-based Jordan team in 1995 before accepting an offer to be Michael Schumacher's Ferrari teammate. And even though 23-year-old McLaren's Hamilton has just secured his first drivers' world title in just his second season of formula one,...

Data: 2008-11-04

7. Kimi Raikkonen should ask for help - Schumacher

Sezione: F1

Michael Schumacher has urged Kimi Raikkonen to ask for Ferrari's help in overcoming his competitive slump. Raikkonen, the reigning world champion, has been reduced to a supportive role for teammate Felipe Massa's 2008 title challenge, after struggling for recent form. Retired seven time world champion Schumacher, who is now a Ferrari advisor and occasional...

Data: 2008-10-28

8. Renault F1 im Focus: Großer Preis von Brasilien 'Wir dürfen den Schwung nicht verlieren'

Sezione: Formel 1

...Felipe Massa, Ferrari. Schnellste Rennrunde: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari. Renault F1 in Brasilien: sechs Siege – 1997 Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault), 1996 Damon Hill (Williams-Renault). 1995 Michael Schumacher (Benetton-Renault), 1992 Nigel Mansell (Williams-Renault), 1982 Alain Prost (Renault Turbo), 1980 René Arnoux (Renault...

Data: 2008-10-28

9. Lewis Hamilton should have two titles - Fisichella

Sezione: F1

...car. "He should have won the title last year and he should have wrapped up the (2008) championship a few races ago. He didn't," Fisichella told the Indian newspaper on a visit to the country. He insists that Hamilton cannot be compared to F1's recent greats including Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna. "No. He's nothing like them," Fisichella said.Source:...

Data: 2008-10-27

10. Michael Schumacher cheers for Massa but also rates Hamilton

Sezione: F1

Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in formula one history, has declined to wade into the debate about which of the 2008 title contenders would be the more worthy champion. The 39-year-old German is a former Ferrari teammate, mentor, and personal friend of Felipe Massa, but Schumacher also makes clear he rates McLaren's championship leader Lewis...

Data: 2008-10-23

11. Montezemolo hopes for late title effort

Sezione: F1

...in interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport. "My goal at the beginning of the year was to win our eighth title in 10 years. It's something no-one has ever managed," Montezemolo said. Michael Schumacher, Ferrari's recent five-time drivers' champion and now an advisor and occasional test driver, describes the 2008 car as "very sensitive to drive". Montezemolo...

Data: 2008-10-23

12. DTM-Rekordchampion Bernd Schneider beendet seine Rennfahrer-Karriere und wird Mercedes-AMG Markenbotschafter

Sezione: DTM

...absolviert. Nach zwei Jahren Formel 1 mit Zakspeed 1988 und 1989 und Sportwagenrennen auf Porsche 1990 und 1991 wechselte Schneider für die beiden letzten Rennen 1991 als Nachfolger von Michael Schumacher zu Mercedes in das Zakspeed-DTM-Team. 1992 erfolgte der Schritt zu Mercedes-AMG, wo Schneider seither seine sportliche Heimat gefunden hat. In den 17...

Data: 2008-10-21

13. Record-breaking DTM champion Bernd Schneider is ending his racing career and will become a Mercedes-AMG brand ambassador

Sezione: DTM

...years of Formula 1 with Zakspeed in 1988 and 1989, as well as sports car racing with Porsche in 1990 and 1991, Schneider moved to Mercedes and the Zakspeed DTM team as the successor to Michael Schumacher for the last two races in 1991. In 1992 he made another move to AMG Mercedes, where Schneider has remained to the present day. Over the subsequent 17 years,...

Data: 2008-10-21

14. Ron Dennis defends Hamilton's 'attitude'

Sezione: F1

...Ecclestone believes Hamilton's brash attitude "irritates" some. McLaren's Dennis said on Saturday: "Lewis is no different to any of the other great champions in sport; Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, they all had attitude." Hamilton, who could wrap up the championship in China, has been the man to beat all weekend; fast...

Data: 2008-10-20

15. Renault F1 im Focus: Großer Preis von China 'Alle haben großartige Arbeit geleistet'

Sezione: Formel 1

...auf einen Blick: Großer Preis von China, 19. Oktober 2008, Shanghai, 17. von 18 Rennen zur Formel 1-Weltmeisterschaft, 56 Runden à 5.451 km = 305,066 km. Rundenrekord: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari/2004) 1:32,238 Min. (212,749 km/h). Der Große Preis von China wird seit 2004 ausgetragen. Erster Sieger: Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, am 26....

Data: 2008-10-14

16. Japan GP: Lewis Hamilton says Massa crash 'deliberate'

Sezione: F1

...championship rival and I doubt that is what the spectators want to see." 27-year-old Massa strongly denied that his move could be compared to the controversial title tactics of his mentor Michael Schumacher. But he said even Hamilton's finger pointing will not hurt their amiable relationship. "I will not do something to destroy something on purpose," Massa...

Data: 2008-10-13

17. Massa would be worthy champion - Brawn

Sezione: F1

...whether he thought Massa would be a worthy winner. "Next question," the Colombian is quoted as saying by the BBC. "We'll skip that one." But Brawn, who worked with Massa when he was Michael Schumacher's Ferrari teammate in 2006, thinks assessments like Montoya's are not fair. "I think he would be a worthy world champion," Brawn said. "There is no issue...

Data: 2008-10-09

18. No F1 race for rebuilt A1-Ring - Mateschitz

Sezione: F1

...return to the F1 calendar makes no sense. He said Germany's DTM series will be the main attraction for the track once it is completed in 2010. "There will be no MotoGP," he told the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper, "and speaking about a return of formula one would be absurd." Michael Schumacher won the last Austrian grand prix at the A1-Ring in 2003.Source:...

Data: 2008-10-08

19. Großer Preis von Japan, Renault F1 Team: 'Wir sind neue Wege gegangen'

Sezione: Formel 1

...Große Preis von Japan wird – mit Unterbrechungen – seit 1976 ausgetragen. Erster Sieger: Mario Andretti, Lotus-Ford, am 24. Oktober 1976 in Fuji. Erfolgreichster Fahrer: Michael Schumacher mit 6 Siegen – 1995 (Benetton-Renault), 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004 und 2006 (Ferrari). Erfolgreichstes Auto: McLaren mit 8 Siegen. Weitere Infos:...

Data: 2008-10-07

20. Death knell nears for A1GP series

Sezione: A1GP

...unlikely to return to the series at all. "(2006-7 champion) Nico (Hulkenberg) is still waiting for his prize money. I have written ten reminder letters," Weber, who famously managed Michael Schumacher's F1 career, told the Cologne newspaper Express. The A1 spokesperson, meanwhile, played down suggestions the series' problems could prove terminal. "As far as...

Data: 2008-10-06