Tag: Schumacher

Mercedes-Benz, Schumy: Facing the future together

| April 11, 2013
Mercedes-Benz, Schumy: Facing the future together

Stuttgart, 11 April 2013: Mercedes-Benz and Michael Schumacher today announced a long-term partnership which will extend far beyond motorsport and Formula 1. Michael Schumacher will mainly be involved with topics relating to the future, in particular the further development of the Mercedes-Benz safety and comfort systems “Intelligent Drive”, and represent them as an ambassador. For [...]

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Grosjean crowned 2012 Champion of Champions

| December 16, 2012
Grosjean crowned 2012 Champion of Champions

France’s Romain Grosjean lifts the Race Of Champions trophy after a Grand Final victory over Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen Grand prix veterans Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard make it as far as the semi-finals 2012 F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel knocked out in the quarter-finals for the second year in a row Bangkok, 16 [...]

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Team Germany win 6th RoC Nations Cup

| December 16, 2012
Team Germany win 6th RoC Nations Cup

Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel stormed to their sixth consecutive ROC Nations Cup title for Team Germany in Bangkok The German duo defeated Team France’s Romain Grosjean and Sébastien Ogier by two heats to nil in the Grand Final Team All Stars (Jorge Lorenzo and Tom Kristensen) and Team Australia (Jamie Whincup and Mick Doohan) [...]

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Narain, Karun triumph in Race of Champions-Asia

| December 14, 2012
Narain, Karun triumph in Race of Champions-Asia

Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok took Team India to glory in the first ever ROC Asia competition in Bangkok tonight The Indian driver pairing defeated Toyota Team Gazoo Japan’s Kazuya Ohshima and Takuto Iguchi in the final Bangkok, 14 Dec 2012: Team India’s Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok are celebrating tonight after they took glory [...]

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Narain, Karun ready for Race of Champions

| December 13, 2012
Narain, Karun ready for Race of Champions

Drivers from all over Asia have assembled in Bangkok ahead of Friday’s ROC Asia and ROC Thailand The two most populous nations on Earth are represented by India’s Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok plus China’s Ho-Pin Tung and Han Han The racing begins with a four-way shootout between the host nation’s finest drivers to decide [...]

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`Schumy’s retirement will be a big loss to the sport’

| October 5, 2012
`Schumy’s retirement will be a big loss to the sport’

Suzuka, 5 Oct 2012: All the team representatives who attended the FIA Friday Press Conference were unanimous is proclaiming the loss for the sport with the retirement of seven time world champion Michael Schumacher. The Team representatives who attended the Press meet are: John BOOTH (Marussia), Monisha KALTENBORN (Sauber), Kim SPEARMAN (Cosworth), Martin WHITMARSH (McLaren), [...]

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Schumy to retire at the end of the season

| October 4, 2012
Schumy to retire at the end of the season

Suzuka, 4 Oct 2012: Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher has announced that he would retire from Formula One at the end of the season. Schumacher’s future in the sport had been a topic of conversation all week. Mercedes’ signing of Lewis Hamilton to partner Nico Rosberg in 2013 brought to an end Schumacher’s tenure with the Brackley-based [...]

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Just one point for Mercedes; Schumy retires

| July 30, 2012
Just one point for Mercedes; Schumy retires

A tough day for Mercedes saw Michael Schumacher retire and Nico Rosberg grab a solitary point. Mercedes struggled in qualifying and could manage no better than 13th for Rosberg, with Schumacher down in 17th. Things would get worse for the seven-times World Champion and four times Hungarian Grand Prix winner when he had to cut [...]

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Schumy back on podium after 6 years

| June 25, 2012
Schumy back on podium after 6 years

Valencia, 25 June 2012: A driver is as good as a car, might not be true always. But definitely the car influences the results and it is an accepted fact in Formula One, the pinnacle of motorsport. Seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher finished third in an incident filled race on Sunday but was called by [...]

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