Schumi looking for home comfort
Sunday 17th July 2011
Michael Schumacher is looking forward to some home comfort as the Formula One season heads to his native Germany.
F1 goes to the Nurburgring track next weekend where Schumacher has taken to the top step of the podium no fewer than five times.
But his chances of a sixth victory in front of his fellow countrymen are slim with his Mercedes GP team still struggling to get the best out of their W02.
However, there were positive signs for the British-based team at the previous race at Silverstone when Schumacher and Nico Rosberg claimed a double points-finish.
Now Schumacher is hoping for further improvements at the German GP.
"With two home races in a row, we are fortunate to be given an extra boost as we head to the Nurburgring next week for the German Grand Prix, just two weeks after Silverstone," said the seven-time world champ.
"This season has been a difficult one for performance predictions so far, however I can predict one thing for sure - the extra boost we are receiving will be transformed into extra motivation.
"We saw some improvements over the Silverstone weekend with our new exhaust system, along with improvements to how we work with the tyres, so we go to the next race weekend with a good feeling added to our fighting spirit.
"We definitely want to show our home crowds our best level of performance possible."
The German legend, who last won at Nurburgring in the 2006 European Grand Prix, is also looking forward to competing on a track where one of the corners, Turn 8 and 9, is named after him.
He added: "It will be the first time that I race through the corner which is named after me, and obviously I would like to believe that this is not only making me proud, but also even faster."
Credit: ESPN STAR (www.espnstar.com)
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