Schumacher Comes Home A Strong 2nd


By Dale Calkins
March 13 2006

Michael Schumacher finished in 2nd place, behind 2005 Champion Fernando Alonso in today's Grand Prix of Bahrain. Starting from pole, Michael put in a very strong drive and just lost out by inches to Alonso on the final pit stop exchange.

Michael Schumacher finished in 2nd place, behind 2005 Champion Fernando Alonso in today's Grand Prix of Bahrain. Starting from pole, Michael put in a very strong drive and just lost out by inches to Alonso on the final pit stop exchange.

Schumacher Comes Home A Strong 2nd

Dale Calkins
Michael Schumacher
Race: 2nd + 0'01.246

Michael Schumacher finished in 2nd place, behind 2005 Champion Fernando Alonso in today's Grand Prix of Bahrain. Starting from pole, Michael put in a very strong drive for the first section of the race. After the first pit stop, it was clear that Fernando Alonso's Renault/Michelin combination was stronger.

Schumacher would pit first, and Alonso was able to pull out a large lead. As Alonso left the pits Schumacher was right alongside him. Losing out by inches, Schumacher was pushed back to second. Despite a few attempts, it was clear that Schumacher could not make a move for the win as the two men's cars were just to close in performance. Even though he came home in second, Schumacher was extremely pleased with his result and had this to say:

"All in all this is an excellent result and I’m certainly not complaining about finishing second. If someone would have told us during the winter months that this is the way we would have finished the first race of the season, I wouldn’t have believed them. Today we must be really pleased with the result. On the other hand, I still have some mixed feelings because it’s seems that we could have been ahead and could have won the race. Considering how it ended up, it’s now clear that the qualifying lap that wasn’t acknowledged in as far as refuelling this morning was concerned, was the decisive factor that played against us.

It’s a pity, because yesterday I had to back off because of the traffic.In any case it’s a great day for us because we know that we have an good car and we have an excellent potential to develop during the course of the season and this is very important. This year the fight for the championship will be very close: there are several good teams, all of which are capable of battling for the title and it’s great to be one of them."

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