After an almost humiliating race last weekend at the Hungarian Grand Prix, former seven time Drivers’ World Champion Michael Schumacher has vowed to leave behind the memories of that disastrous race, after it transformed into almost a William Shakespeare style ‘comedy of errors’. The German ruined whatever chances he had of posting the first win after his Formula 1 come back almost at the very start when he parked his Mercedes in the wrong place on the starting grid.
This caused the officials of the race to abort the start. However, he then went on to misunderstand the yellow lights flashing on the start line gantry and proceeded to switch his engine off. While the rest of field was sent back on a second warm-up lap to keep the tyres warm, Michael Schumacher was pushed back to the pit lane and he started the race from there, placed at dead last position.
However, the proceedings hardly went any better for the German, who also had a crash during the free practice session at the Hungaroring, when his Mercedes had a punctured tyre. Moreover, the race officials also hit him with a drive through penalty for breaking the speed limit inside the pit lane. He finally retired from the race with having problems with the engine temperature as well as the telemetry, but not before he had been lapped by the race leaders.
The legendary German driver, who returned to the sport back in 2010 after almost 6 years of retirement, has managed only one top 3 finish and he ranks at a lowly 12th position in the standings for the Drivers’ Championship, a whopping 48 points behind Nico Rosberg, his team mate at Mercedes.
But Michael Schumacher being the legend that he is, his team is still pinning hopes on the legend.
