Michael Schumacher: "Every single point is important"
Yesterday, as he climbed onto the plane, Michael received
a call informing him that Kubica had been disqualified for
being underweight. This meant that eighth place was his, giving
him a championship point. The Grand Prix of Hungary thus ended
in an unexpected way but "in the title race every single
point counts. This is why it was good news", commented
the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver. "Now the gap to
Alonso is ten points and we will go into the summer break
with this in mind. These are ten points that we have to make
up in the next five races and I am certain that we can do
it. I can say once more that the championship is still wide
open".
Another positive factor from this turbulent weekend is that
the title chances are still good and that Michael can still
claim his eighth championship. "We will concentrate all
our efforts on this objective. As soon as we can get back
to developing our car, we will be focusing on this",
confirmed Michael.
Testing is now not allowed as the whole of Formula 1 is on
its two week break. What does the fact that it cannot test
mean for Ferrari's chances at Istanbul? "We should still
be in with a good chance. In the last three races we have
seen a big difference in performance and, above all, we have
seen that changes in the external conditions can have huge
consequences. This means that we have to be prepared, consider
every detail and fight for each point". Michael will
make the most of his holiday that ends at the end of August
with the Grand Prix of Turkey by enjoying the time with his
family.
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