Schumacher: “Difficult to accept such things”

This time the Haas let him down. He would have been ready to take the first points of his career in Formula 1. Sixth place on the grid, he had never been so good in the premier class. And then this. After the two serious accidents and a lot of criticism towards him, he showed strength in qualifying and also in the race, before he was stopped by the weak car. But he builds on the positive. His own performance should serve as a points accelerator.

At the time of the retirement he was comfortably in seventh place in the points and could have scored the first points of his career. “It's obviously an unpleasant feeling in this case because we had the pace to be in P5, it looks like,” said Schumacher angrily Sky -Microphone. At the time of the retirement, the German was ahead of Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo), who finished the race in 8th place. “When you’re in the points, it’s even harder to park the car.” Mick Schumacher “It is always difficult to accept such things. But when you're in the points, it's even harder to park the car," he explained. Even Schumacher didn't know exactly what was broken on the Haas after the race. “We had to stop the car because otherwise it would have broken more.”

<a data-caption="Schumacher zeigte am Wochenende eine seiner besten Formel-1-Leistungen, musste den Haas wegen eines Defekts in Runde 20 aber abstellen. © ANSA / ANDRE PICHETTE" data-fancybox="inline-117038" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2022/06/schumacher-zeigte-am-wochenende-eine-seiner-besten-formel-1-leistungen-musste-den-haas-wegen-eines-defekts-in-runde-20-aber-abstellen.jpg"> Schumacher showed one of his best Formula 1 performances at the weekend, but had to retire the Haas on lap 20 due to a defect. © ANSA / ANDRE PICHETTE

Haas team boss Günther Steiner did not comment on his driver's performance immediately after the end of the race, but there was praise from other high places. “The weekend was positive. What Mick showed on Saturday was also positive. Now he just needs to stay focused and concentrate, build more experience and confidence. “He has improved,” Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto acknowledged Schumacher’s performance. Schumacher combative The son of Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher concluded in a combative manner: “We got into the rhythm this weekend and there could certainly have been more. It's obviously very disappointing, but things like this happen in Formula 1. We have to swallow the pill. At some point the tide will turn.” “Sorry, buddy. You were right on track.” Haas racing engineer Gary Gannon Incidentally, his race engineer at Haas, Gary Gannon, radioed after the failure: “Sorry, buddy. You were right on track.” Schumacher’s answer was a long beep; Formula 1 is known to censor the drivers’ swearing on the radio.

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Schumacher: “Difficult to accept such things”

Mick Schumacher was on his way to finally scoring his first Formula 1 points at the Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday. But then he was stopped by a weakening Haas. The disappointment is of course great.

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