7 Time F1 world champion Schumacher surprises at motorcycle race!

[EJ25RUN]

From Autoblog

Remember those rumors that Michael Schumacher was gearing up to race motorcycles? Well, despite the initial denials, the retired seven-time F1 champion surprised crowds at the Pannonia-Ring in Hungary by showing up on the grid for a motorcycle race.

The paddock was filled largely by amateur riders, but Schumacher was joined in his appearance by IDM (German Superbike) champion Martin Bauer on 1000cc Honda Superbikes and fellow IDM rider Andy Meklau. On his motorbike racing debut, Schumacher took pole despite only running a few practice laps beforehand, but opted to start the race with the IDM pros who were handicapped with back-of-the-grid starting positions. That didn't stop the seasoned trio from dominating the event, however, as they filled the podium, Schumi coming in third. (Schumacher, however, shied away from the limelight by not attending the podium ceremony.) Although Schumi's lap times were six seconds slower than the IDM pair, he was some 0.6 seconds faster than the rest of the field. Not bad for his first race. Not too bad at all.

[RUFFIAN]

that is very respectable.

[Magnus213]

Reminds me of Lance Armstrong retiring from biking and running a marathon. Pretty sick skills.

[NAG2I]

he is a racing genius

[_Christian_]

He's talented at operating motor vehicles.

[imbosile]

impressive for sure

[IronEagle]

Dang.

[nreggie454]

I have always considered Michael Schumacher to be one of the greatest drivers of our generation. The fact that he can take his knowledge from F1 and be successful in motorcycle racing so quickly reinforces that idea even more. I wonder if he will pursue this further, because with some experience, it wouldn't surprise me if he became a frontrunner in motorcycle racing.

[AllTheDude]

I'm pretty sure he will be going back to F1. He recently came in for Ferrari and did a few test runs in the new Ferrari. They don't have trac. control like they used to and even though he'd never driven it without trac. control Shumi was still posting -2 sec. laps over Kimi Raikkonen

[IDCoconut]

He is still with Ferrari, but just behind the scenes. Doubt he'll jump back in a Formula 1 car again.

[AnthonyF]

...yea....I'd hit it. :idb:

[dazn]

He is still with Ferrari, but just behind the scenes. Doubt he'll jump back in a Formula 1 car again.

+1. he is only there for testing and information gathering. He will drive the cars occassionally but he wont be competing. I hear he has a new position in some kinda of Ferrari Motorsports development but I am unclear on the details.

[IDCoconut]

Yes that's what I meant. I mainly meant will not "race" in Formula 1 ever again. He did do some testing earlier on this year's cars. He stomped Kimi's time.

[IndianStig]

badass

[chuck]

+1. he is only there for testing and information gathering. He will drive the cars occassionally but he wont be competing. I hear he has a new position in some kinda of Ferrari Motorsports development but I am unclear on the details.

they said he's also doing coaching...i could only dream.

[Ronsam2006]

Still a beast. But Ayrton Senna....i dunno...