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Schumacher disappointed and Rosberg on wet race setup
Like Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari, multiple World Champion Michael Schumacher hopes for more wet weather in the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. The German, who picked up both his first race victory and seventh world title at Spa, will start from 21st position due to a 10-place grid drop penalty.
Having missed the cut to make Q3 by being demoted to 11th in the final moments of Q2, Schumacher will therefore now set off from the penultimate row on Sunday due to his dangerous move on Rubens Barrichello at the last race in Hungary.
“What a pity, as I would have liked to be in the top ten today, obviously,” he commented after qualifying. “I believe that we could have made it but unfortunately I had traffic on my last run, so I could not pushed more at that point.
“Knowing I have to go back ten positions on the grid anyway makes me hope for mixed weather conditions tomorrow - that would at least bring some movement into the race, which could work out in favour or against us.”
Team-mate and fellow countryman Nico Rosberg was also less than pleased, having qualified 12th but now taking a 5-place grid drop for a pre-qualifying gearbox change.
“It's not been an ideal weekend so far and, knowing that we have the 5-place gearbox penalty, we decided to go for more of a rain setup as it would be our only chance in the race tomorrow,” he explained.
“The car was generally lacking grip today but the main problem was that I had traffic on my fastest lap in Q2, with a driver staying in front of me on his in-lap for the last half of the lap. We'll have to see what tomorrow brings, but if it rains then we are on the right setup.”
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