Former teammate Michael freewheeling about his past in Maranello. "In the end the Reds were so easy to drive the German's talent was wasted. Even Massa could sometimes beat him ..."
Threats, insults, lawsuits: the fight between the teams and the International Federation headed by Mosley is destroying F1. Nothing better then that remember the old days, when everybody opens his eyes to the impossible feats of Schumacher. But what was the secret of this extraordinary pilot later renamed the cannibal? To tell us about Eddie Irvine, said today a businessman and frequent frequantatore of trendy with fights attached , but once loyal team-mate Schumacher to his majesty.
"I was about to start the season of 1996 - tells V-Zine, the magazine of the Shell - with a car that was half scrap. Fell apart. In the morning we went for tests at Fiorano, at 8, the track was cold and the tires were new, so I said, the machine is not so bad. Then there was a failure and passed the day to repair it. Meanwhile, the track temperature rose, then fell, when the end of the day we went out for the last race, the car was ok again. But one day we'd arranged by lunch time and I went out on the track was hot and I realized it was impossible to drive. It was the spiritual ancestor of the Jaguar R2 F1 the worst I've ever driven. Yet Schumacher in that car we won three games and went on pole four times. "
is the greatness of Michael. And yet Irvine explains:" That car was fine for three laps, then the rear tires were destroyed. Michael was sensational that year. We were full of admiration for what he could do with that machine. He had the ability to solve problems. He was also very good in developing the engine. I was worth. But when it comes to tires, chassis and aerodynamics would say that was the worst I've ever worked with. For the rest, however, was very good. In the race you did not escape. "
The son of a car dealership in Northern Ireland, you know, has always loved clear parallax and now that has no relations with the races not to be asked twice to tell the secrets of that world.
"The first Ferrari was terrible and he had mastered to perfection. Benetton after Berger went to Michael and destroyed two. Alesi it destroyed another: no one could drive them, while Michael had managed to win the world championship with those in 1995 ... But when the maneuverability of the machines began to improve, the talent of Michael was less decisive. At the end of his career were so maneuverable that the Ferrari Felipe Massa could even beat him. "
Eddie left F1 in 2002 saying "I do not pay to run and now has a large software company, one of navigation, has a huge sports center, a soccer team and continues to be one of the most popular brokers in the world. In short, a character from that film in 1999 to just two points lost the world title, but only because Schumacher broke his leg in a terrible accident.
How did? Here is a revelation poisonous: "We knew that our car was not as good as the McLaren. And as soon as Michael left the scene, Ferrari knew he had lost the decisive factor. So he stopped doing research on the car of the year. It starts to develop the following year, that fact was very good. From the point of view of Ferrari was logical. What really annoyed me was to keep running the tests when there was nothing to test. It was merely a public relations, as well gave the impression to help Irvine win the World .
But Irvine owes much to Ferrari. Above all, a "supply maxi" of women, his mania. Eddie does not hide it and we joke about (his famous joke about Pamela Anderson , one of his many former "girlfriend more fun I have ever been ")." Put it this way - he explains - on this front have been very lucky because there are only two Ferrari drivers in F1. And the other was Michael Schumacher (faithful to his wife Corinna and focused only on the races). I experienced very fast ...".
"I was about to start the season of 1996 - tells V-Zine, the magazine of the Shell - with a car that was half scrap. Fell apart. In the morning we went for tests at Fiorano, at 8, the track was cold and the tires were new, so I said, the machine is not so bad. Then there was a failure and passed the day to repair it. Meanwhile, the track temperature rose, then fell, when the end of the day we went out for the last race, the car was ok again. But one day we'd arranged by lunch time and I went out on the track was hot and I realized it was impossible to drive. It was the spiritual ancestor of the Jaguar R2 F1 the worst I've ever driven. Yet Schumacher in that car we won three games and went on pole four times. "
is the greatness of Michael. And yet Irvine explains:" That car was fine for three laps, then the rear tires were destroyed. Michael was sensational that year. We were full of admiration for what he could do with that machine. He had the ability to solve problems. He was also very good in developing the engine. I was worth. But when it comes to tires, chassis and aerodynamics would say that was the worst I've ever worked with. For the rest, however, was very good. In the race you did not escape. "
The son of a car dealership in Northern Ireland, you know, has always loved clear parallax and now that has no relations with the races not to be asked twice to tell the secrets of that world.
"The first Ferrari was terrible and he had mastered to perfection. Benetton after Berger went to Michael and destroyed two. Alesi it destroyed another: no one could drive them, while Michael had managed to win the world championship with those in 1995 ... But when the maneuverability of the machines began to improve, the talent of Michael was less decisive. At the end of his career were so maneuverable that the Ferrari Felipe Massa could even beat him. "
Eddie left F1 in 2002 saying "I do not pay to run and now has a large software company, one of navigation, has a huge sports center, a soccer team and continues to be one of the most popular brokers in the world. In short, a character from that film in 1999 to just two points lost the world title, but only because Schumacher broke his leg in a terrible accident.
How did? Here is a revelation poisonous: "We knew that our car was not as good as the McLaren. And as soon as Michael left the scene, Ferrari knew he had lost the decisive factor. So he stopped doing research on the car of the year. It starts to develop the following year, that fact was very good. From the point of view of Ferrari was logical. What really annoyed me was to keep running the tests when there was nothing to test. It was merely a public relations, as well gave the impression to help Irvine win the World .
But Irvine owes much to Ferrari. Above all, a "supply maxi" of women, his mania. Eddie does not hide it and we joke about (his famous joke about Pamela Anderson , one of his many former "girlfriend more fun I have ever been ")." Put it this way - he explains - on this front have been very lucky because there are only two Ferrari drivers in F1. And the other was Michael Schumacher (faithful to his wife Corinna and focused only on the races). I experienced very fast ...".
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June 12, 2009
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