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Is Schumi Having a Senior Moment?

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Is Michael Schumacher having an extended senior moment?  He returned to Formula 1 last year with  fanfare and high expectations, but thus far his ostensibly triumphant return has been something of a bust.  It has taken him a year and a bit to grow reacquainted with the sport of which he was once the acknowledged [...]

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Is Paul di Resta on Merc’s Shopping List?

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One of the revelations of the 2011 season has been has been the rookie Paul di Resta.  The young Scot, who happens to be the cousin of IndyCar champ Dario Franchitti, replaced Tonio Liuzzi this year, and is now partnering Adrian Sutil, at Force India.  Thus far, on balance, he has outperformed the more experienced [...]

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How Good Is the Mercedes W02?

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How good is the new Mercedes W02?  It’s really impossible to draw any definite conclusions based on recent test results.  The Merc’s times have been all over the map, but that’s the case with most teams, as they run through various programs, on long and short runs, and heavy and light fuel loads.  Everyone agrees [...]

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Michael Schumacher Reveals More Technical Issues

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Michael Schumacher’s technical difficulties (although some would call them excuses) at Mercedes this year have been widely publicized, and the common consensus has been that he was unable to adjust to the inherent understeer of the W01, exacerbated by the narrow Bridgestone front tires which seemed to have a terminal lack of grip for the [...]

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Ross Brawn to Shuffle Staff at Mercedes

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There are staffing changes afoot at Mercedes.  It’s no secret, 2010 has been something less than banner season for the Brackley-based squad.  Ross Brawn recently stated that their problems this year stem largely from downsizing that occurred in the wake of the management buyout of the team from Honda, at the end of 2008. Brawn’s [...]

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Norbert Haug Dismisses Rumors About Schumi and Brawn

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Rumors have been swirling around the Mercedes camp, at least since Monza, that the Silver Arrows squad is in disarray.  Specifically, it’s been alleged that former team owner (for a season) and current team principal Ross Brawn is at odds with the Mercedes mother ship, and its key ambassador Norbert Haug. Some rumors have postulated [...]

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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 [...]

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Nick Fry on Schumi: ‘It’s Not Coming Together’

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Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry is taking a realistic attitude in his evaluation of Michael Schumacher’s performance at mid-season.  Fry has been publicly optimistic about Schumacher all along, assuring anyone who would listen that Schumi was a bit rusty, that everyone within the team was impressed by his efforts and skills, and that eventually all [...]

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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, [...]

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Why is Schumacher Slow? Tire Deg, or Too Much Spare Tire?

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There’s an old adage in Formula 1 that you’re only as good as your most recent results.  Judgments are made quickly in this sport, and a driver can go from hero to zero (or vice versa) in the course of a single weekend.  Various predictions have been made as to how long it might take [...]

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