Michael Schumacher failed to 0.008 seconds at the touch of moving into the top 10: “That we must accept so”

“One must remember that our weapons were somewhat blunter than expected and as predicted,” says Michael Schumacher, who failed in the time hunting only 0.008 seconds on entry into Q3. “In free practice it was quite reasonable with fifth and sixth place. But for qualifying, we are then something has been passed. If Nico Hulkenberg have succeeded in a normal round, then we would have been even at the end on position ten and eleven.”

Schumacher’s team-mate Nico Rosberg Mercedes to beat the Williams rookie in the last section. “We are in the stands nine and eleven, thus the better side. So we can target at the start maybe a little,” says the 41-year-old. “People must also be realistic. There is no reason to believe that tomorrow we can go much faster in order to achieve our targeted podium.”
At Hockenheim, not the exception as the tires to the special Mercedes-problem had been. “We were simply not competitive,” explains Schumacher. “I had on my car a few problems with the brakes, which have caused some vibration. But even that would not see me as the reason why we lacked the time.”

Schumacher appealed to the fans: Press the “thumb and may do a rain dance!” The podium is hoped, however, out of reach. “Whether we can take a different strategy, we must analsieren yet,” the world champion. “Our two cars were within a hundredth, it was not more. We must now acceptable. But who knows me, knows that I fight to the end.”