GERMANY: GERMAN DRIVER MICHAEL SCHUMACHER PREDICTS MCLAREN WILL WIN 1999 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Record ID: 983701

  • Title: GERMANY: GERMAN DRIVER MICHAEL SCHUMACHER PREDICTS MCLAREN WILL WIN 1999 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
  • Date: 1st September 1999
  • Summary: KERPEN, GERMANY (RECENT) 1. SCHUMACHER (LIMPING) STARTS KART RACE 2. SCHUMACHER SAYS: (Soundbite) (English) : "I'm obviously getting much, much better. It was a big disaster for me at Monza for my situation as well as for my mind. It wasn't very good for me what happened there, but now I'm feeling much better (sound dies temporarily) and we have to see how things develop in the next couple of weeks." 3. SCHUMACHER LIMPS ACROSS KART TRACK 4. SCHUMACHER SAYS: (Soundbite) (English) :" Now I cannot do running, I cannot do football, so I have to rely on cycling because I have an allergy towards chlorine for the swimming. It is difficult, for the cycling if i make a little bit too much i get inflamation and I have to stop then. So I'm really struggling to make a very slow build-up programme. Because I'm used to pushing very hard and it's now a new experience to know how much you can stress youor body, but on the other side now I took enough time to build myself up and, if things go well, I hope and I try to be back for the last two races, this is the plan but I don't want to promise at this stage anything." 5. SCHUMACHER WATCHES KARTS ACTION 6. SCHUMACHERS SAYS, REPLYING TO QUESTION ON HOW FERRARI CAN IMPROVE : (Soundbite) (English) "Technical developments. Because the car is simply not as good as the McLaren at the moment, that is very clear. How good it is or how much I could do different I could not answer that question and I don't think I should talk too much, but it's clear that out of their own effort if they don't make a good development for the last races it will be very difficult." 7. JEAN TODT, FERRARI SPORTING DIRECTOR CLIMBS INTO KART 8. SCUMACHER SAYS, ABOUT WHO WILL WIN CHAMPIONSHIP: (Soundbite) (English) "The analysis is very easy. McLaren have given a lot of presents to our team and the Jordan team so it depends on how many more presents they would like to give till the end of the season with three more races to go. If you look at the performance of the car it's pretty easy, Mika should do the job and win the championship, unless he makes mistakes, but I would be surprised if he contines with mistakes, but then on the other side we're all humans and maybe he does some more mistakes, which then could cost them the championship." 9. SCHUMACHERS HANDS OUT AWARDS TO KART DRIVERS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: KERPEN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA91JW1LIDF2SINNX4ZTQGF84YA
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