Greater Noida: India bid a fond farewell to seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher on Sunday as the great who got young sports fans in the country hooked on Formula One competed in the country for the last time. Formula One has never been popular in the cricket crazy nation but the German's fame travelled way beyond the confines of a circuit and he became the face of the sport and...
11:38 PM, Oct 28, 2012
The seven-time world champion said his main focus will be on notching some points for Mercedes at Indian GP. ...
10:36 PM, Oct 26, 2012
CNN-IBN's Formula One experts praise the former world champion and also look ahead to the second edition of the Indian Grand Prix. ...
10:00 PM, Oct 25, 2012
The former world champion is looking forward to a good show at the forthcoming Indian Grand Prix. ...
09:48 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Greater Noida: Champions have egos and if you are seven time Formula One Champion Michael Schumacher, you would ideally not want hurt his ego by asking something which doesn't exactly amuse him. The most celebrated driver in F-1 history with 91-race victories hasn't won anything after his comeback three seasons ago but probe him about a dent in the legacy that he has created, the answer was an emphatic "NO."...
06:53 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, who is going to retire after the ongoing season, expects the 2012 Indian Grand Prix to be a hit like it was last year. ...
12:18 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg still remember the 'enthusiasm' and 'friendliness' shown by India last year and the two Mercedes drivers are gearing up for more interesting experience in the country, which hosts the next Formula One race on October 28. Schumacher, who will bid adieu to the sport for the second time after this season, had finished fifth just ahead of Rosberg in the last edition, won...
06:35 PM, Oct 20, 2012
Michael Schumacher could literally ride off into the sunset when he retires from Formula One next month after revealing a plan to take up competitive cowboy-style riding. The seven-times world champion, now 43, told Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper in an interview on Thursday that his wife Corinna, a keen horsewoman, had suggested a possible future direction. "I'm thinking of getting involved in Western Riding competitions," declared the German. "Corinna,...
07:26 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Yeongam: Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in Friday's practice for the Korean Grand Prix, edging Red Bull teammate Mark Webber and Formula One championship leader Fernando Alonso. Vettel, who has won the previous two races to move within four points of Ferrari's Alonso in the drivers' standings, was 0.032 seconds faster than Webber at the Yeongam circuit. Alonso was 0.328 seconds off the pace. McLaren driver Jenson Button was...
12:50 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Suzuka: Michael Schumacher crashed out of Japanese Grand Prix practice on Friday, a day after announcing his retirement, while Australian Mark Webber set the pace for Red Bull. Schumacher, a seven times champion and winner six times at Suzuka, went wide into the Spoon corner and lost control with the car slewing sideways into the tyre wall. The 43-year-old German removed the steering wheel, extricated himself from the cockpit, patted...
02:49 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Suzuka: Seven-times world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is to retire from the sport for a second time at the end of the season, the German driver told reporters ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix on Thursday. His Mercedes team announced last week that Schumacher would be replaced by Briton Lewis Hamilton for the start of the 2013 campaign, leaving the 43-year-old without a drive, but rather than looking for...
01:50 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Brackley: Michael Schumacher could play a role with Mercedes next season but will probably take time to consider his options after losing his Formula One race seat to Lewis Hamilton, principal Ross Brawn said on Friday. Mercedes announced earlier that Hamilton, McLaren's 2008 champion, had signed a three-year deal and will replace 43-year-old Schumacher in 2013. The news may have signalled the end of Schumacher's unremarkable comeback but Mercedes refrained...
04:24 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Lewis Hamilton is moving to Mercedes, replacing seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher in a major shakeup that also saw Sergio Perez sign with McLaren. Hamilton has been at McLaren throughout his F1 career but the British team had been unwilling to match a lucrative offer from Mercedes, where he will team with Nico Rosberg next season on a three-year contract. The deal, which had been rumored for weeks, was...
08:58 AM, Sep 29, 2012
London: Mercedes face a difficult decision over Michael Schumacher's future in Formula One and discussions are going on with the seven-times world champion, team principal Ross Brawn said on Thursday. The 43-year-old German, the sport's most successful driver who ended three years of retirement to come back in 2010 with Mercedes, is out of contract at the end of the season. The British-based team are keen to lure Lewis Hamilton...
10:40 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Monza, Italy: Michael Schumacher had the fastest time in the first practice session at the Italian Grand Prix in glorious conditions at Monza on Friday. Schumacher posted a time of 1 minute 25.422 seconds in his Mercedes, edging Jenson Button by 0.301 seconds. Nico Rosberg was third. Championship leader Fernando Alonso was fourth fastest. The Ferrari driver had a technical problem six minutes from the end of the session. Alonso...
06:23 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Valencia, Spain: Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado, surprise winner in Spain last month, put his Williams team back on top of the timesheets in first free practice at the European Grand Prix on Friday. The 27-year-old lapped the Valencia street circuit with a best time of one minute 40.890 seconds on a gusty and overcast morning with temperatures cooler than they had been the previous day. Red Bull's double Formula One world...
03:49 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Monaco: Veteran Michael Schumacher posted the fastest time in an action-packed qualifying session at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday, but a grid penalty means that Mark Webber's Red Bull will start Sunday's race in pole position. Webber beat Nico Rosberg's time on his final lap, only for the 43-year-old Schumacher to surpass Webber's effort just moments later in a thrilling finale. But the grid penalty Schumacher incurred at the...
07:18 PM, May 26, 2012
London: Mercedes' Michael Schumacher has criticised Pirelli's Formula One tyres by saying they make him feel like he is driving on raw eggs. The seven-time world champion, who has not stood on the podium since he began his comeback in 2010, told CNN in an interview that the Italian tyres were having too much of an effect on racing. "They are so peaky and so special that we don't put...
08:49 AM, May 09, 2012
