Interview: Michael Schumacher, Seven Times F1 World Champion
With the
biggest motorsport event in the country, The Airtel Indian GP, ZigWheels
gets a chance to what goes through the mind of Seven Times Formula One
World Champion, Micheal Schumacher. This is what he had to say.
Adil Jal Darukhanawala (AJD): Welcome to India Micheal.
Michael Schumacher (MS): Thank you!
AJD: 20 years in the sport, and where do you still get your motivation from?
MS:
Well, you know, it's very exciting to drive a Formula 1 car. There's so
much thrill if you drive it on the limit, but particularly if you go
for overtaking and battling, and I have a lot of experience of this in
the last two years of this. Indeed, I was very tired after my first
part, after 16 years of active Formula 1, a three year break that I
didn't intend to call a break but it happened to be, and now I have
refreshed motivation.
AJD: We saw the old Michael Schumacher back in action at Spa this year...
MS:
Oh no. You saw it before but we drivers, we depend a lot on the machine
and the car. It took a while for me to get back into the rhythm of
Formula 1, to understand how to maximise the car. I have to say that
maybe Spa, in a way you're right, it sort of made a transformation on
things. But if you go back you find several other samples like Canada
and so on where I was back in the fighting field as before.
AJD: It's good that you mentioned Canada because finally we
saw that without DRS and KERS, you were on the same pace as the Red
Bulls and the Ferraris. Do you think all these new innovations are good
for Formula 1?
MS: Basically, yes. Because
if you take the last racing in Korea, how interesting the race was, the
battle between Webber and Hamilton for example, because of all these new
features with DRS and KERS, otherwise it would have been a reasonably
boring race I have to say. So, it's maybe not perfectly used, those two,
but I think we take a lot of benefit from it.
AJD: You are the grand daddy for all German Formula 1
drivers. Sebastian Vettel was a kid and I believe you also gave out a
trophy to him at your go-kart circuit. How does it feel to have an
under-study come across and be world champion?
MS:
It feels great. He's a good friend of mine, and I've known him since he
was very little, 7 or 8 years old, and to follow his career and be
close to him is something I deeply enjoy. Now to see him second time
world champion, I feel very proud of him.
AJD: You and he shared the driving for the Race of Champions for the last few years. How did you compliment each other?
MS:
I think we sort of, always help each other somehow. And not for
granted, not free that we have been given the title already, so often,
and I'm looking forward to keep it in our hands this year.
AJD: You started with Mercedes. Will you finish with Mercedes?
MS:
I'm pretty sure that my career is not for a long-term base. Yes, I have
a lot of faith in Mercedes and the challenge to arrive back at the
winning road, that's my challenge and that's with Mercedes.
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