Race of Champions salutes Michael
Schumacher chased down Vettel and misplaced the final
30.01.2023, 13:48
The Race of Champions could be an thrilling occasion, but at the finish of the day, everybody needs to win. Mick Schumacher made it to the final, beating Sebastian Vettel but shedding to Matthias Ekström. He remembers “the grand finale with Michael at this occasion.”
Mick Schumacher even pushed Sebastian Vettel out of the method, but in the finish missed out on victory on ice and snow: the 23-year-old superior to the final of the conventional Race of Champions, the place he misplaced to the former DTM. champion Matthias Ekström. It was the 44-year-old Swede’s fourth win in motorsport and he now shares the document with French rally drivers Sébastien Loeb and Didier Auriol.
Even a hearth in the automobile didn’t cease him when he got here to struggle with Mick Schumacher. “It’s very emotional for me,” Ekstrom mentioned. “I’ve at all times had large finals with Michael at this occasion.” “It’s higher than successful,” the Swede hugged Mick Schumacher. He would have had no drawback getting second place both.
“I did my finest, but sadly it wasn’t sufficient,” replied Mick Schumacher. A day in the past, a banner was hung in Pite Havsbad, Sweden, in honor of Mick Schumacher. “Keep combating, Michael. We miss you,” it was written.
In the staff competitors, the semi-finals are accomplished
Vettel and Schumacher met in the semi-finals in a German-German battle. Schumacher received clearly in each rounds. Vettel briefly misplaced management of the automobile in the first of the two runs and ran via the snow barricades into Schumacher’s lane. The four-time Formula 1 world champion had no likelihood when he returned to his lap. With his second race win, Mick Schumacher confirmed his high type till the Swede discovered a grasp who beat former Michael Schumacher. Together, Vettel and Schumacher reached the semi-finals as Team Germany in the Cup of Nations on Saturday, with Norway successful in the finish.
Germany remains to be the document champion by a large margin in the staff classification of the Race of Champions, which competes in a range of autos: Vettel and Michael Schumacher received six consecutive titles with Germany between 2007 and 2012. received a complete of eight instances.
Vettel retired from Formula 1 after final season, but competing in the Race of Champions has turn out to be a practice for the 35-year-old. He participated eleven instances, as soon as (2015) Vettel received the title. Schumacher is not going to be a daily driver in the upcoming Formula 1 season, which begins in Bahrain on March 5. As a co-driver in Mercedes, he nonetheless belongs to the top quality.
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