M.Schumacher: Чемпионат 1998 г. - Гран-При Германии


	Поз.	Круг	Время	Скорость (Км/ч)

Гонка	5	45	1:21'00.597	227.405

Квалификация	9		1'43.459	237.416

Быстрейший круг	6	37	1'46.381	230.895


	Поз.	Время	Скорость (Км/ч)

1-я сессия	5	1'44.757	234.474

2-я сессия	10	1'45.038	233.847

Warm-Up	5	1'46.002	231.720

Preview:
"Of course Hockenheim is a very special Grand Prix for a German driver. It is always an amazing feeling when you are coming out of the forest and into the Motodrom and cheered on by the huge enthusiastic home crowd. This stadium atmosphere is a unique experience. From a technical point of view, you need to use less wing on the car compared to other circuits in order to reach top speed on the long straights. The braking points are earlier and corner speeds are lower than usual. It is therefore very important to find the right compromise between top speed and downforce."

Свободные заезды (пятница):
"It is not easy to find the right compromise in terms of having sufficient downforce for the Motodrom and enough top speed for the straights. As the speeds show, engine power is not a problem for us, but I was sliding quite a bit in the stadium section as I did not have enough grip. Furthermore, Hockenheim seems to be much more bumpy than in previous years, so you are shaken around a lot in the cockpit and we ran with a slightly higher ride height than usual. Qualifying will be difficult and I cannot make any predictions. This track often comes up with surprise."

Квалификация (суббота):
"Of course I am disappointed with my grid position. It is definitely the wrong time and the wrong place to have my worst qualifying of the season. Even without my problems in this morning's free practice, I would have only been a couple of tenths quicker. As can be seen from Eddie's time, our performance level was not good enough. In the first half of the morning session, I made a mistake and in the second half I did hardly any laps because of an engine failure. I hope the crowd is not too disappointed as my brother had a good session. We have to work very hard for tomorrow to improve the car. It is possible to overtake here, it is a long race and anything can happen."

Гонка (воскресение):
"I am sorry that I was unable to do better in front of my home crowd. But after qualifying ninth and being off the pace all weekend, there was no reason to expect a miracle during the race. Finishing fifth was the best I could do. My main problem was lack of grip in the Motodrom, where it was dififcult to simply keep the car on the road. We now have to concentrate on Hungary and I hope our car will be better suited to the Hungaroring than it was to Hockenheim."