Michael Schumacher is hoping that mixed rain will give him a chance of making up ground at Spa this weekend.
The German has a 10-place grid penalty as a result of the incident with Rubens Barrichello in Hungary, and is thus likely to start toward the back of the field. Schumacher added that he drew some inspiration from 1995, when he won this race from 14th on the grid.
“I’ve often called it my living room,” said Schumacher of his favorite track. “There are lots of fantastic memories from the past, and even good ones to look forward to, because we have mixed weather conditions predicted for this weekend. Yes, we have the 10 places, so it makes it extra special and exciting to try and move forward. With mixed conditions obviously that could help.
We’ve worked on the car so all together we’ll try to make it as good as possible. I certainly look forward very much, because it’s one of my most loved tracks, and there’s a special excitement.He says that he still hopes to achieve some results this season
“I guess that we have to see where we can use the strengths that the car has, and where it is a little bit more difficult," Schumacher said.
That’s something to find out and maximize out opportunities. Naturally we want to still take as many points as possible to stay as high up as possible in the constructors’. These are the targets. We naturally keep on working within limits to achieve this and then, yes, the focus is on next year’s car.Meanwhile, Schumacher also sent a text message to Barrichello Thursday, saying that it was not his intention to put the Williams driver in the wall in Hungary.
