Schumacher satisfied with 14-place gain
Date published : 29 Aug 2010 - 19:05:14
Michael Schumacher said he enjoyed moving up from 21st on the grid to seventh at the flag in Spa, although he admitted he didn't know exactly how he'd gained so much ground.Honestly I lost the overview of where I was at certain moments, said the seven-time world champion.Because I wasn't following the pit wall in terms of position, I was watching the weather all the time. And all the time I was quite busy with the steering wheel!Only at the end I knew I was P6, and I was quite happy to be where I was.But I didn't follow initially how I got where I was, whether I overtook so many cars or whether there were so many accidents I need to watch the video.Without the weather being even crazier, we could not have achieved more today in my view.Schumacher was lying sixth in the closing stages until he was bundled out of the way by team-mate Nico Rosberg following the lap 41 restart a payback for an earlier skirmish when Schumacher had swept across Rosberg's bows and slightly damaged his front wing.I met' Nico twice out on the track today, Schumacher recounted.The first time, I had the better go in a nice racing duel and the second time was right after the restart where I had to lift a little up into Eau Rouge due to the car in front which Nico used to fly past me.All in all, Spa turned out to be nearly as enjoyable as I had hoped for.Rosberg had opted for a wet-weather set-up so was dismayed to find the track dry for the majority of the race.But when a heavy shower finally arrived, he capitalised and charged to sixth.My rain set-up finally worked out towards the end there and I made up two places on the restart, he said.Sixth place today is ok and it really is the most that we could have hoped for from this weekend.It was a good recovery today but we really need to continue to try and improve our car to have a stronger end to the season.Rosberg said he had enjoyed the battles with Schumacher.It was fun, he said.You always have to be very careful. But it's okay, we respect each other, so it worked out fine.Team principal Ross Brawn added wryly: Nico and Michael both drove extremely well in testing conditions and kept us entertained on the pit wall although sometimes a little too entertained!But it was all done in good spirit and both drivers brought their cars home to give us as good a weekend as we could have hoped for.The result is very pleasing considering the relative performance of the car at the moment and it's a morale boost for the team.
