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Jenson Button Takes the Blame for Schumi’s Performance Lag

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McLaren pilot Jenson Button has made the paradoxical statement that he should be both credited for Michael Schumacher’s return to Formula 1, and blamed for Schumi’s poor performance.
Button allowed that his last minute departure from Mercedes, then branded as Brawn, led team boss Ross Brawn to reach out in a hurry for a top notch [...]

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Will Schumi Stay or Go?

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With the midpoint of the season upon us, and Michael Schumacher’s comeback efforts still stuck in the doldrums, paddock wags are beginning to speculate whether or not the German ace will return next year.  Granted, Schumacher is on a three-year contract, but as everyone who follows Formula 1 knows, contracts are made to be broken.
Two [...]

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Schumi and Ross Brawn Hint at Shifting Focus to 2011

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Early rumblings are coming from the Mercedes camp that the team is already beginning to shift its focus towards the 2011 season.  Team principal Ross Brawn recently told ESPNF1, “By mid-season, we must look to put the F-duct in and catch up to the top.  If it is worthwhile to keep attacking then we will [...]

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Flavio Says Schumacher ‘Made the Decision to Return Without Thinking’

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Former Renault boss Flavio Briatore, never short of an opinion, has offered his two cents on Michael Schumacher’s comeback performance.  While many observers have postulated that Schumacher will fare better as the year progresses, Briatore has suggested that the exact opposite is true.
“I think it will be harder and harder for him,” Briatore recently told [...]

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Former Team-Mates and a Former Rival Assess Schumi’s Performance

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Two former team mates and one rival have weighed in on the current controversy brewing over Michael Schumacher’s comeback performance.  Jos Verstappen, who was Schumacher’s partner at Benetton in 1994, and was also one of the German’s closest chums on the grid during that era, has surprisingly voiced his doubts about the Schumacher’s ability to [...]

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Haug Defends Schumi, but Says Rosberg Might Be “the Fastest Guy in the World”

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While Michael Schumacher is currently being roasted by the notoriously fickle Formula 1 media, Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug has come to the defense of his German pilot.  In fact, Haug has gone so far as to say that Schumacher could have won the second race of the season, in Melbourne.
As reported in Autosport, Haug [...]

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Jenson Button Wins in Shangai – Race Analysis

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McLaren’s Jenson Button took his second win of the season in Shanghai on Sunday, becoming the first driver in 2010 to score multiple wins.  He has also vaulted to the top spot in the championship point standings.  Button has called it the best win of his career.
The win was certainly well-earned.  While Button’s team mate, [...]

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Merc Power Rules Friday’s Practice Sessions in Shanghai

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Friday practice in Shanghai has produced few surprises. For the most part, the usual suspect occupy the top third of the time sheets.  In both FP1 and FP2, McLaren and Mercedes occupied the top four slots on the time sheets.  Both teams are powered by the same engines, so this is probably an indication that [...]

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Ron Dennis Says McLaren Initiated Split from Mercedes

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McLaren CEO Ron Dennis insists that the recent split between his team and Mercedes was initiated by McLaren and not the German manufacturer.  According to Dennis, who spoke to Arabian Business, Mercedes had been trying to gain control of the team throughout their partnership.  The German company owned a 40% stake in the team for [...]

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Michael Schumacher: Over-Paid and Over-the-Hill?

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Is Michael Schumacher over the hill? The seven-time champ has been taking a pasting in the Italian press following his performance in the Australian Grand Prix.  The German ace was outqualified by his younger team mate Nico Rosberg, and went on the finish tenth in the race.
Italy’s La Stampa printed a scathing review of Schumacher’s [...]

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