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Schumacher car set up more for race
Michael Schumacher has enjoyed historic moments in Hungary, such as picking up his fourth world title in the country nine years ago, although the 7-time World Champion was unable to rise from fourteenth on the grid on Saturday. However, the configuration of his car may explain why he starts eight places behind his team-mate.
Having left himself with a single lap to move up the order at the Hungaroring, Schumacher’s Mercedes ended up staying in the position in which it was when the final two minutes of Q2 began.
“Obviously qualifying was not ideal for us today,” he said. “After yesterday's performance, we purposely went for a different setup which was supposed to tell us more about the car and was targeted more towards the race.
“It seemed to be reasonable this morning but, as the track became hotter in qualifying, it went against us. Our setup should work better in the race, although starting from 14th place does not make it easy.
"Being on the dirty side of the starting grid does not specifically help, but I will certainly try again to have a good start tomorrow.”
“I'm pleased to be starting from sixth place as we didn't think we would be that far forward today, so it's an unexpected and pleasant surprise,” Nico Rosberg added. “We are a long way from the front, which is a concern, but we took everything that we could from today and I am happy with our performance.”
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