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Schumi Targets Title in 2011

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Michael Schumacher has given a clinical assessment of his chances of competing next season, in the face of a raft of criticism over his comback performance in 2010.  When asked if he would return with the Mercedes squad in 2011, he answered bluntly, “Yes.”
As Schumacher told reporters in Hockeheim today, in advance of this weekend’s [...]

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Norbert Haug Backs Schumi’s Title Challenge for 2011

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Mercedes sports honcho Norbert Haug has come out defiantly against many of the paddock skeptics who have written off Michael Schumacher’s comeback effort as a disaster.  While acknowledging that Schumacher has struggled at the start, Haug insists that Schumacher is taking the long view, and is far from throwing in the towel.
As Haug told Kicker [...]

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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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Alonso to Rivals: ‘We Will Win the Championship’

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Ferrari ace Fernando Alonso still contends that he will win this year’s drivers’ title, in spite of the fact that he currently sits 47 points behind title chase leader Lewis Hamilton.  On the face of it, this seems like a brash claim as the Ferraris of Alonso and team mate Felipe Massa have not been [...]

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Nico Rosberg Urges Mercedes Not to Give Up on 2010

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Mercedes GP pilot Nico Rosberg is urging his team to continue their focus on the 2010 car.  Ross Brawn has been making noises recently about shifting the team’s efforts towards the 2011 season if it appeared that their chances of mounting a serious challenge for the 2010 title had evaporated.  The season has almost reached [...]

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Rosberg Claims the Mercedes Isn’t Being Developed to Favor Schumacher

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There has been a fair bit of discussion on how the recent updates to the Mercedes W01 chassis have helped Michael Schumacher’s performance.  The W01 has been plagued with understeer, which Schumacher finds uncongenial to his natural driving style. In Spain, driving a W01 with a lengthened wheelbase, Schumacher managed a fourth place finish.  Schumacher [...]

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Nick Fry Is Bullish on Schumacher’s Performance

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Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry is bullish on Michael Schumacher’s performance.  As is well known by now, Mercedes has been working diligently to modify the W01 to suit Schumacher’s driving style.  The major change to the car has been a lengthened wheelbase, which has enhanced front end grip, and given the car a more neutral-to-oversteer [...]

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Webber Takes Pole in Spain, Vettel Completes Red Bull Front Row

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Red Bull once again proved that they’re the class of the field in qualifying today in Barcelona for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.  Mark Webber took pole, with team mate Sebastian Vettel lining up beside him.  It was the second all Red Bull front row in the team’s history.
Lewis Hamilton rounded out the qualifying podium, [...]

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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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Mercedes to Lengthen Wheelbase of W01 to Correct Understeer

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In an effort to change the handling characteristics of the W01 chassis, Mercedes will introduce a longer wheelbase to the car in time for the Barcelona grand prix in two weeks’ time.  While this is thought, in part, to be part of the natural evolution of the car, which has thus far underperformed, it’s also [...]

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