Schumi feeling 'positive' after first step
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Michael Schumacher insists it's too early to judge whether the Pirelli tyres will help him in his quest to return to the front of the F1 grid.
Schumacher's comeback season was dogged by tyre issues with both the German and his Mercedes GP team saying he was hampered by a lack of front-end grip.
There are, however, hopes that the new Pirelli tyres, which Schumacher tested for the first time in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, will alleviate the problem.
And there were positive signs with the seven-time World Champion finished Saturday's running in second place, 0.156s behind Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. However, he was later stripped of the time, dropping to P7, after he was deemed to have cut a chicane.
Schumacher says it is still too early to tell whether the tyres will suit him, although he was satisfied with the initial results.
"They have a very different combination," he told Autosport when asked if the Pirelli tyres were better suited to his driving.
"Whether you can say the front tyre is now stronger and that's going to suit my style, what is very important is how next year's car is going to suit these tyres. That's very important.
"But for the first step, from what we have seen here, I feel positive about the tyres."
He added: "I was quite happy with the first test. A lot of positive feedback so we can now start to do the detailed work on the car.
"The tyres performed reasonably consistently and were good. I'm sure they're making some small adjustments for the future, but all in all I'm quite happy."
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