F. Schumacher
F. Schumacher
advantage car close decided dry early good onto period quick safety strategy timing together took tough worked
That was a very tough race. The timing of the safety car period worked to our advantage early on and we were in good shape. We were quick in the conditions, everything was going well and the strategy was well defined. Then we just decided to go onto dry tyres too early. It was a very close decision, but we took it together and we got it wrong.
bit car corner ended gust pushed room running wide wind
I ended up running a bit wide in a corner when a gust of wind pushed the car from behind, when I had no more room to brake.
career colin good sadder work
I was sadder for the actors than I was for me because when you do good work in this industry, you get more work. Colin got a whole career from it.
car last manage ready time
Last year, we didn't know for a long time if we would manage to get the new car ready in time.
awesome car deep funny running spectator
What an awesome team, ... Our team's running so great. I am deep in the Funny Car battle, and I'm just a spectator over there. It's just fun to watch. It's so much fun to be a part of it.
asking car drive exciting hauled mean points race runs smoked soon sure thats track watching
Its a big day tomorrow, ... Doug runs Bernstein. Thats exciting to watch. (Fans are asking me what its like to be in a points battle) and I say, you know what? Its exciting. Its exciting to be in it. Just because I drive a race car doesnt mean Im not a race fan. As soon as Im done, Im watching them. Its not just that were in a points battle, but Bernstein and Kalitta? Thats a stout race. Bernstein just hauled butt down the track and Kalitta just smoked the tires. You can be sure its going to have their stomachs turning.
car data difficult drive feeling might morning nature plus practice progress quite shape side situation slightly slippery studying terms track true unbalanced usual
As usual, it is difficult to know after today's practice what the true situation is and we will find that out after studying the data in terms of qualifying and the race. On the plus side we made progress from the morning to the afternoon. As usual here, the bumpy and slippery nature of the track makes the car quite uncomfortable to drive and it can feel unbalanced and twitchy. But I get the feeling we might be in slightly better shape than we have been recently.
bit cars huge lots nervous qualified tomorrow
I'll still be nervous tomorrow morning. We just went 4.49 and Melanie went 4.50. That's not a huge advantage. There are lots of cars right there that could win. We just qualified a little bit better than they did.
almost came car impossible performed unless
The car never came and never really performed to what it was doing at the beginning. But overtaking is almost impossible unless you make a mistake.
achieved compared funny loves michael motor people racing success
What?s funny is that a lot of people think Michael has achieved so much success compared to me because he loves motor racing and I don?t, which is crazy.
break figured might people
We figured there might be one or two people who would break 100.
excited last playing regional
We're very excited to be in the regional tournament. We won't do anything different for the last two games. We're playing for seeding.
anyone game seen suddenly tables throw turn
I've been in this game much too long now, to let anyone throw me off balance. I've seen the tables suddenly turn so many times.
easy hero mistake zero
It would have been very easy to make a mistake and from hero to zero was not very much at that moment.