7 times World Champion Michael Schumacher is still feeling the heat after a moderate qualifying position in Bahrain. Expectations are high, with the Mercedes driver admitting that he’s just not there yet. Schumacher told reporters after qualifying:
“I just need to get the rhythm, although slowly and progressively it has improved, but it’s challenging and that’s a good thing.
It’s just having the rhythm and having this fine-tuning and getting the car to your liking. Just make perfect use of what you have available.”
Schumacher has struggled all weekend trying to keep up with younger team mate Nico Rosberg – who on average was 4/10ths of a second up on him on nearly all hot laps. On Friday Schumacher admitted he was not happy with that at all, and Saturday expressed that he felt like an newbie all over again:
“I feel like I just started in Formula 1. In Valencia during the first lap I was a bit shocked, but then I was straight back into it and felt very comfortable and it was exactly as it was in 1991 in a way”
Fans of F1 certainly expected more – a P1 and nothing less no doubt. We do need to remember though that this guy hasn’t driven an F1 car for a few years – he might be the best driver to ever race in F1, but he’s human, and we all get a bit rusty if we don’t do something for a while.
We’re giving him 3 races before he starts really giving hell with the Mercedes, and playing up there with the top boys!
