{"id":4169,"date":"2010-04-05T07:16:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2010-04-05T07:09:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T11:09:37","slug":"rivals-still-rate-struggling-schumacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/rivals-still-rate-struggling-schumacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivals still rate struggling Schumacher"},"content":{"rendered":"
F1’s new generation is convinced that Michael Schumacher still has what it takes to succeed in formula one.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Three unexceptional races into his 2010 comeback, the most successful driver in the history of the sport is struggling to motivate a positive review from the world’s press corps.<\/p>\n

Seven time champion Schumacher, 41, retired early in Sepang with a missing wheel nut, but 24 hours earlier he was outqualified for a third consecutive time by his teammate Nico Rosberg, who went on to achieve Mercedes’ first podium of the season.<\/p>\n

“I was pacing myself,” Schumacher is quoted as saying by the Sun newspaper.\u00a0 “I am not a magician.\u00a0 I need more races.”<\/p>\n

And to Germany’s Bild, he added: “Personally, I am on schedule, but we are not where we want to be with the car.\u00a0 When I was world champion, I always had the car to make me world champion.<\/p>\n

“But we’re not so far away, as Nico has shown,” said Schumacher.<\/p>\n

2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton is convinced the great German will soon be back on the pace.<\/p>\n

“In a very short time he will be an extremely difficult opponent for all of us,” the Briton said in the German press.<\/p>\n

Rosberg, 24, told Bild newspaper: “I have the strongest teammate in formula one.\u00a0 If I’m equal with him at the end of the season, it will be a success for me.<\/p>\n

“It was always clear he would take a few races, as he’s been gone for three years, which is a damn long time,” the German added.<\/p>\n

And when asked by Spain’s El Pais in Malaysia to name the best current drivers in F1, Fernando Alonso replied: “It’s hard to say.<\/p>\n

“Hamilton, Kubica, Vettel, Massa, Schumacher.”\u00a0 But when asked if he thinks any of those five are quicker than him, the Spaniard answered: “I think not.”<\/p>\n

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