Yes, Schumi has been caught speeding, on an autobahn near his German hometown of Kerpen. The multiple F1 world champ was fined €75 and docked three points on his driving licence, according to La Gazzettadello Sport.
Schumacher was at the wheel of an Audi Cabriolet, but we don’t yet know what speed he was going - although German police have confirmed that he was stopped for speeding in a 100kph zone. German media reports suggest he was clocked at 140kph (around 75mph).
When Michael Schumacher goes for a drink his car stays at home. How do I know this? Because he just told me. Schumi has been campaigning against drink-driving/plugging Bacardi in the advert under the banner Champions Drink Responsibly. We are not quite sure what is excuse is for always riding like he is pissed when he takes the motorbike out on the track. So perhaps when he goes for a drink his car stays at home, but his motorbike comes with him.
Schumi prepares for endurance bike race with another spill
Michael Schumacher is at Oschersleben in Germany this weekend for an eight-hour endurance race, part of the FIM-sanctioned World Endurance Series.
According to reports from Germany, Schumacher has already fallen off once whilst practising for Saturday’s race, for which he will compete on a Honda for the Holzhauer Racing team.
What is that, like the 58th time he’s eaten tarmac this year? Seems like it.
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Poor Didier Pironi led on the final lap but his car broke down in the famous tunnel. Andrea de Cesaris then stopped on the approach to the casino complex, allowing Riccardo Patrese - who had already spun out - to trundle over the finishing line in his re-started Brabham.
Michael Schumacher has had another motoring mishap, this time at the wheel of a Fiat Ducato van. He reportedly clipped a car dealer’s leg as he drove through the town of Lydd on Sunday afternoon (he was on his way to an airfield to catch a private jet). Martin Kingham, the unlucky dealer, described the incident as follows: “Out of nowhere I heard a bang from behind me. It spun me round and I was thrown forward on to my face, hitting the bonnet of a parked van. Then I saw a big blue van go by and realised they’d hit me. I thought I recognised the driver, but my head was spinning.”
Schumi reacted with typical contrition and good manners: he screamed “What the fucking hell were you doing in the road!” at Kingham and then refused to apologise. We couldn’t make it up.
More footage of Schumi - the ultimate Ferrari company man - at the wheel of the 430 Scud, this time with onboard shots as he dicks about on the Fiorano test track.
That brings the number of Schumacher/430 stories posted on Grid Crasher this week to three. What can we say? We heart Michael, whether he’s crashing/not crashing.
Ferrari has come out and denied Schumi’s involvement in the incident. Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni claimed that Schumi was in the passenger seat, and that it was test driver Raffaele de Simone at the wheel.
However, Bild newspaper reports that eyewitnesses saw Schumacher in the driving seat. Could this be a Ferrari cover-up, with de Simone cast as the fall guy? Unless de Simone or Schumi tells the truth, we may never know who was at the wheel.
Either way, we’ve tracked down a video of Schumacher testing the 430 Scud. You can watch it after the jump…
News has reached us that Herr Schumi crashed a prototype Ferrari road car last week while testing at the Nurburgring. What’s the German for oops?
The F1 legend was not injured when his 430 Scuderia hit a guardrail doing 250kph (about 160mph), but the car was written off. In Schumi’s defence, the notoriously tricky circuit was damp, making track conditions even more difficult than usual. He’s not the first professional racing driver to fall foul of the Nordschleife’s quirks, and he won’t be the last.
How come he never crashed this much in F1? If you include bike dumps, that’s about the fourth crash he’s had this year.
Schumi is ever the company man, waxing unlyrically about “a lot of leisure possibility”, whatever that might be.
The Cali is one of the least attractive Ferraris we’ve ever seen, but if Schumi’s been heavily involved in its development, then it will probably drive like a dream. As the great man says: “In the end it is a Ferrari: sportive, strong and powerful.”
Bernie Ecclestone walked in on a group of F1 drivers playing poker in the Force India motor home at Hockenheim last weekend. The card sharks included Fernando Alonso (he’s a massive poker fan, and reportedly hates to lose), Rubens Barrichello, Adrian Sutil and Michael Schumacher (he just can’t stay away, can he).
