As was reported earlier, Michael Schumacher made an appearance racing on a Honda at the Oschersleben circuit of the German Superbike Championship last weekend. On the surface, his twenty-eighth place finish seems rather disappointing, but upon further examination, it was a pretty good weekend overall for the ex-Formula 1 champ. Technical issues kept Schumacher from starting well, with only two racers behind him at position thirty-seven on the grid. Finishing all the way up to number 28 in the first race is a rather good outing considering the competition he was up against. In race two, Schumacher charged his way to position 21 before crashing out.
Despite the accident, Schumacher seems to have enjoyed his time on the track, saying, "I am a racer. I find motorcycles such a lot of fun, but I do not have any plans to enter a race series properly. Perhaps I will race from time to time, but always as a guest runner and without ambitions for another career." Good for you, Schumie. Thanks for the tip, Erik!
[Source: F1-Live]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Naveed @ May 19th 2008 4:43PM
what a G
John P. @ May 19th 2008 4:43PM
I'm glad he's having fun, and that he knows he'll never be a real contender in motorcycle racing. That's a nice place to be in retirement.
I do think he'll be entering more races though. It's addictive and racing is in his blood after all.
Naveed @ May 19th 2008 5:18PM
I dont think its a matter of him being a real competitor. I just dont beleive he wants to give the time it takes to be a real competitor. Are you saying a bulk of the riders behind him when he crashed arent real competitors either? It's not like hes getting lapped here. The guy isnt even full-time and hes passing people up. He has natural talent; like he said, "im a racer."
chrisdavis @ May 20th 2008 12:11PM
@Naveed,
He said "contender". Those other guys are competing, but they're not contending.
ugg.tryptophan @ May 19th 2008 4:54PM
sweet, it was probably the fastest crash of the day
4agze @ May 19th 2008 5:02PM
stick with 4 wheels shumi
Franz @ May 19th 2008 5:27PM
Good stuff from Schumi as always. Considering he's not a pro rider, It took balls to enter the series at all. He just loves racing. I admire him for sticking to what he loves.
JF @ May 19th 2008 6:10PM
Gotta give him props when he easily could be napping on the easy chair if he wanted to. I'll give extra props just because he chose a red rider as his bike.
Ian @ May 19th 2008 7:37PM
Good for him doing what he has fun at.
Greg @ May 19th 2008 9:27PM
At his age some motorcycle racers move to auto racing since it's safer but still competitive. He's definitely in the minority moving the other way at his age, but seems to be doing relatively well for himself. I'm sure that if he were in his twenties and had spend the last two decades on bikes instead of cars he would be at the top of the pack.
Seoultrain @ May 19th 2008 9:53PM
Come on autoblog, "Schumacher falls - literally?" Well, it's a good thing that you pointed out that he literally fell, because "Schumacher falls in motorbike race debut" would give the impression that he fell figuratively.
/sarcasm
MikeInNC @ May 20th 2008 7:50AM
I give the guy due credit. To pass as many pro riders as he did before crashing is impressive. Also, if you don't ever crash, you never find the limits on a bike. He could have easily been slow and safe but he went after it and for that, I give him a ton of credit.
wrussi @ May 20th 2008 8:07AM
how many of us would like to say those words. hmm
thats pretty cool of shumacher he is racing for fun not behind of all the F1 politics and stuff. go him even if he crashes
fernan @ May 20th 2008 11:09AM
so from rossi joining him in F1 it went to him racing on bikes, i guess bikes ar emore fun