F1 Japanese GP: Mick Schumacher blames spray as he explains Friday-ending crash
Schumacher, on 🧸his first appearance driving at Suzuka, suffered a big crash after the chequered flag in FP1 while he was on his way back to the pits following a practice start.
The German escaped from the accident unhurt but the impact caused significant damage to his VF-22, forcing him to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:sit out of second practice while his team carried out a chassis change.&nbs𓆏p;
After being caught out by spray thrown up by a car ahead, Schumacher failed to spot the puddle that resulted ♛in h🎀im aquaplaning into the barriers at the Dunlop curve.
"You are trying to figure out the track itself, obviously it’s my first time here, so I was trying to see where the puddl🐬es are because th🦄at's something that is very different in every place you go to, Schumacher explained.
“And unfortunately here the water seems to accumulate q🌸uite a bit in certain areas and it is a matter of understanding that.
— Formula 1 (@F1)Schumacher added: “Had it happened two metres later I wou𝔍ld have had a 360 spin and kept going.&nꦍbsp;
“Things happen💯 for a reason, and I don't know what the reason behind that is now, but in ten years' time I will. Maybe I don't need to wait for ten years!”
The timing of the crash isn’t good for Schumacher, who is danger of losing his seat at Haas for F1 2023.
Schumacher is believed to be facing direct competition from Aston Martin reserve driver 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg to be 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen’s teammate next year.
Haas boss Guenther Steiner admitted it was168澳洲5最新开奖结果: “quite frustrating” the team had to change Schumacher🍬’s chassis for the t💟hird time this season following his heavy crashes in Saudi Arabia and Monaco.
But the son of seven-time world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Schumacher dismissed the notion he is now un🐎der even more pressure amid an uncertain future.
"Pressure is something I have been dealing with for quite some time and Iဣ would say even all my life, so I don't mind that," Schumacher said.
"I want to do my best, so it doesn't m🐷atter what happened before and we take one thing at a time and that is now FP3 tomorrow and qualifying."
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