http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=schumacher The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 10:32:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38269#post-108426 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:27 +0000 dvo4fun 108426@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>just yhought that might be why the sub had been stuck in the pits for days. But NJni if you think women can get a grasp of F1 then fine..</p> <p>hmm<br /> there should be a door to some of shelter down here somewhere </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38269#post-108425 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:50:59 +0000 The All New Jeni B 108425@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I had a chortle, liked the idea of Force India being rebranded to be more about negotiating.</p> <p>Dunno if it is too specialised, really only takes a basic knowledge of F1. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38269#post-108424 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:42:12 +0000 dvo4fun 108424@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Probably a bit too specialist a subject for Newsbiscuit but some lovely specialist laughs in there. Jenson Hamilton - is he Lewis Button's team mate again? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=38269#post-108184 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:13 +0000 JustSomeBloke 108184@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>New Formula 1 season: latest gossip<br /> [b]• McLaren to carry out further trial at Dubai GP of last year’s successful new suspension system based on Arab Spring.<br /> • Jenson Hamilton expected to beat himself up again fighting for 2nd and 3rd places behind Sebastian Vettel.<br /> • Force India team to be rebranded with a less coercive image based on negotiation.<br /> • Red Bull driver Mark Webber complains that new stiffer suspension and lower ride heights are causing damage to his personal assets. Team Manager Christian Horner declines to comment, confining himself to business-like references to ‘unacceptable levels of downside risk’ and ‘low-hanging fruit’.<br /> • Fernando Alonso filmed smiling broadly. “I’m so happy”, he says. [Citation needed.]<br /> • Ferrari announce major changes to F1 specs. FIA to be informed shortly.<br /> • Jarno Trulli announces retirement to small stone hut in Southern Italy.<br /> • Michael Schumacher to take holy orders. “I want to make the Papacy supreme again,” He said today. “I expect to be involved in all aspects of the team’s performance, including being the No. 1 driver. Managing God should not present a problem after the years I have spent working with the Supreme Deity Ecclestone.”<br /> • Next season’s specifications to significantly increase car widths. Nigel Mansell plans comeback.<br /> • “I’m really rolling” claims Sir Stirling Moss – gathers no stones.<br /> • Sebastian Vettel to invade Austria. Very, very quickly.<br /> • ‘Option’ tyres to be discontinued; wheel rims to be strengthened.<br /> • Problem of ‘blown exhausts’ cured with Deflatine. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=1945#post-5750 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:51:22 +0000 Gary Stanton 5750@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Formula One driver, Michael Schumacher has announced his decision to step down from the sport after what he describes as a clear breach of the <em>Strassenverkehrsordnung</em>. </p> <p>Schumi, had been driving down a side street in the Neustadt area of Bremen when he observed that his speedometer had strayed over the regulation 30km/h by a full one kilometre per hour.</p> <p>‘I had reached down to the glove compartment to retrieve a CD – Part 63 of Wagner’s Ring cycle – and when my attention returned to the dashboard, I noticed that, regrettably, I had strayed over the permitted speed for that road.<br /> My mistake went unpunished due to a lack of adequate speed monitoring apparatus in that particular area, but it is clearly a matter of conscience. I broke the rules and for that I am truly sorry,’ he told fans.</p> <p>Sadly, this is not the first occasion on which the former world champion has shown a flagrant disregard for the <em>Strassenverkehrsordnung</em>. Some years ago, during a protracted bout of <em>Weltschmerz</em>, Schumacher admits to pulling out onto a main road with the intention of turning left and failing to indicate. ‘ I also forgot to check my inside mirror,’ he claimed. ‘This produced a state of bewilderment in the driver behind me. I cannot turn the clock back but I hope my current decision gives him some comfort.’ </p> <p>‘Then there was the time I was parked in a quiet side road on which there was a total absence of cars but there were some children playing. I was, by my estimation, one minute late for a dentist’s appointment and, in my haste, I moved off from a stationary position whilst neglecting to check my blind spot. Nobody was killed on that occasion but it could have been so very different’ </p> <p>‘Fortunately, I arrived at the surgery on time.’</p> <p>Many in the world of Formula One have been stunned by Schumacher’s decision. On hearing the news , veteran commentator Murray Walker remarked:</p> <p>‘Oh for fuck’s sake.’ </p>