GERMANY: THOUSANDS OF FORMULA ONE FANS BEGIN ARRIVING AT THE NUERBURGRING RACE TRACK AHEAD OF THE EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX
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GERMANY: THOUSANDS OF FORMULA ONE FANS BEGIN ARRIVING AT THE NUERBURGRING RACE TRACK AHEAD OF THE EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX
- Title: GERMANY: THOUSANDS OF FORMULA ONE FANS BEGIN ARRIVING AT THE NUERBURGRING RACE TRACK AHEAD OF THE EUROPEAN GRAND PRIX
- Date: 27th June 2003
- Summary: NUERBURGRING, GERMANY (JUNE 27, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE OF NUERBURG CASTLE 2. WIDE OF STREET WITH SALES STANDS 3. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER STAND 4. CLOSE OF FAN TRYING ON FERRARI POLO SHIRT 5. FERRARI FLAG 6. VARIOUS OF FANS SITTING IN MOCK FORMULA ONE CARS VIRTUALLY DRIVING IN VIDEO RACE 7. WIDE OF CAMP GROUND 8. CLOSE OF FAN SITTING IN CHAIR SIPPING BEER 9. FAN POURING BEER FROM TAP 10. FANS SITTING AT TABLE IN FRONT OF CARAVAN 11. VOP POP (German) FAN KLAUS HOELSCHER SAYING: "All in all, the race weekend is an amazing experience. For me personally, arriving two days ahead of time, the camping, the fresh beer, nice adventures on the campground, the race itself - it is all a buzzing feeling." 12. WIDE OF TENT WITH FERRARI FLAGS 13. FANS SITTING AT TABLE DRINKING BEER 14. VOX POP (German) FAN GERD MUELLER SAYING: "We take a time-out. Five days formula one - friends, barbequing, beer drinking, heavy rings under the eyes - that all belong to it. We feel feel the myth of Ferrari." 15. WIDE OF CAMPGROUND Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: NUERBURGRING, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVA7EO38Q0HWMBBF09TQ50SEGPIX
- Story Text: Masses fo Formula One fans have started arriving at the
Nuerburgring race track ahead of Sunday's European Grand Prix.
Heaven is a melange of grilled sausages, beer and
watching the Schumacher brothers, then the Nuerburgring is
definitely the place to be this weekend.
Tens of thousands of fans have been pouring into the 14
camp sites bordering the track on Friday (June 27) ahead of
the much-anticipated battle of the German brothers in Sundays
European Grand Prix.
Nuerburgring fever is nothing new but since the one-two
Schumacher finish in Montreal two weeks ago, it has been
spreading like never before.
In all some 300,000, mostly Schumacher-obsessed supporters
are expected for the three-day festival in the scenic Eifel
hills which started with Fridays first qualifying session.
To join them, you need a barbecue, enough of your
favourite lager to sip from breakfast onwards, a portable CD
player loaded with syrupy German pop music and plenty of
patience.
Michael, who won here in 1995 and again last year, is
still the most popular Schumacher by a long way but Ralf is
quickly catching up. While Michael is establishment, Ralf is
the shooting star, having won his first two races this year.
Ralf, who has started on the front row at the Nuerburgring
for the last two years without winning at a circuit near his
home town of Kerpen, said he would always try to overtake when
possible.
Ralf has yetGERMANY to win a race this year while Michael
has won four of the last five and leads the championship by
three points from McLarens young Finn Kimi Raikkonen. He can
take his 50th win for Ferrari this weekend.
Michael Schumacher can become the first driver to score
more than 1,000 career points, although systems have changed
over the years and the top eight now score.
His current tally is 999.
Ferrari have won at the Nuerburgring for the last three
years, with Brazilian Rubens Barrichello ahead of Schumacher
last year, while McLaren are still waiting for their new car
to be reliable enough to race.
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