Bad To Worse For Schumacher

By Dale Calkins
October 16 2005

Today was certainly a day to forget for Michael Schumacher as he crashed out of the Chinese Grand Prix, twice. First Schumacher had a coming together with Christijan Albers on his way to the grid and then he spun out of the race behind the safety car.

Bad To Worse For Schumacher	Dale Calkins
Michael Schumacher Race: DNF Today was certainly a day to forget for Michael Schumacher as he crashed out of the Chinese Grand Prix, twice. First Schumacher had a coming together with Christijan Albers on his way to the grid and then he spun out of the race behind the safety car. Schumacher was given a written reprimand for his incident with Albers but it really didn't matter as he was forced to drive the spare car in the race and was not a factor at all today. In fact, the only thing good to come out of Michael's race today was that he retained 3rd place in the Drivers' Championship as Juan Pable Montoya also failed to score points. Here is what the 7-Time World Champion had to say about his race in China: "This weird ending pretty much sums up our season. As far as the warm-up lap is concerned, I was just warming up my tyres when suddenly I felt a big bang. I have not seen the incident on video yet, so I will not comment further. Then, during the Safety Car period, I spun simply because my tyres were completely worn and they were very cold, so when someone braked ahead of me, I had to brake as well and went off the track. Actually, I am not sure I would have finished the race because of the condition of my tyres. The only positive thing is that I am third in the championship. Now, let's look ahead to putting things right next season."
October 16, 2005
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