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Americanmadexb
Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 12:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

im not much of a f1 fan, nor do i really keep up on moto gp or any other racing sanction bike event.... but this guy can race.....

MILAN, Italy -- Retired Formula One champion Michael Schumacher finished third in qualifying on Saturday for his first competitive motorbike race and will start on the front row.

The 39-year-old German, whose seven titles and 91 grand prix wins make him Formula One's most successful driver, had said he would be happy just to make the starting grid for the KTM minor series race at the Misano circuit in Italy on Sunday.

"Here it will be impossible to win, there are real and well-prepared riders, practically professional," the ex-Ferrari driver told Saturday's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.

Schumacher, who has tested a Ducati MotoGP bike since retiring from Formula One at the end of 2006, will ride a 990cc KTM Super Duke in the 10-lap KTM Trophy race.

Misano also hosts a round of the MotoGP and world superbike championships later in the year.

"This is just for enjoyment, no one is obliging me to do it. Maybe I will stop here," said Schumacher.

The German, an advisor and occasional test driver for Formula One champions Ferrari, has some experience of racing on two wheels. But he said Sunday is for real, with 400 riders gathering for a weekend of competition.

"A week ago in Hungary and the other day in Barcelona were only non-competitive races," he said.

"In Spain there were some boys on motorbikes and I asked to do a little race. I finished in front but they were young boys. This instead will be a real race, the first official one I've done on a bike."
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Firebolt32
Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 12:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Schumacher is a machine...
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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 02:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Is that crafty German at it again...

Maybe he really is related to the "Stig"
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