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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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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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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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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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Schumi and Ross Brawn Hint at Shifting Focus to 2011

Thumbnail image for Schumi and Ross Brawn Hint at Shifting Focus to 2011 June 10, 2010

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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Jackie Stewart Rates Schumacher’s Performance at 60 Percent

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Triple world champion Jackie Stewart has told The Daily Telegraph that he believes Michael Schumacher is little better than half the driver he used to be.  Specifically, he has indicated that the German ace is driving at about 60% of his previous performance level.
“Whether it’s age, whether it’s wealth, whether it’s privilege, there’s no doubt [...]

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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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Rosberg Says Critics Are Wrong About Schumacher

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Mercedes GP driver Nico Rosberg has been diplomatic in the face of mounting criticism of team mate Michael Schumacher’s performance, which has thus far failed to live up to expectations. While Rosberg might have played politics in the press in an effort to consolidate his position as de facto number one, he has conscientiously avoided [...]

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Mercedes Will Lengthen Wheelbase for Barcelona

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In an effort to repair the handling woes of the W01, Mercedes boss Ross Brawn has indicated that the team will lengthen the car’s wheelbase.  It’s been reported that the team has been unable to cure the car’s fundamental imbalance, which is causing understeer.  This seems to have affected comeback kid [...]

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

Thumbnail image for Why is Schumacher Slow? Tire Deg, or Too Much Spare Tire? April 19, 2010

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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