If Mercedes has moved development of its 2010 car in the direction of Michael Schumacher, that tactic is “simply wrong”.<\/p>\n
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That is the belief of the seven time world champion’s first formula one team boss, Eddie Jordan, who gave a then 22-year-old Schumacher his grand prix debut in 1991.<\/p>\n
Although denied by Mercedes, it was reported that the focus on the changes made to the W01 car ahead of Barcelona was with the former Ferrari driver’s preferences in mind.<\/p>\n
But Irishman Jordan said that, five races into the now 41-year-old’s return to the grid in the wake of a three-year retirement, Ross Brawn needs to forget the way that he previously worked alongside Schumacher at Ferrari.<\/p>\n
“Let’s be clear; in the Ross Brawn era, Ferrari was basically a one-driver team,” said Jordan, who now travels to the grands prix as an expert pundit for British television.<\/p>\n
He told the German newspaper TZ: “This (approach) is a mistake.\u00a0 The first four races showed entirely clearly who is able to keep up with the new generation of drivers such as Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton; namely Nico Rosberg.”<\/p>\n
Rosberg, 24, was on the podium twice in the first four races.\u00a0 With the revised car in Spain, Schumacher took over as the team’s pacesetter, but was a minute down at the chequered flag.<\/p>\n
“Schumacher is now more capable of dealing with the car, but the gap to Red Bull has become much greater,” Jordan observed.<\/p>\n
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