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Question :
Michael,
you appeared to be in trouble with your eyes, what's
caused the irritation?
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| M.Schumacher
: I
picked something up
the second time I went out and haven't got it
out yet. |
| Question :
Also
looking at the way your car was handling it looks as
though front tyres might be as big a problem as your
eyes today. |
| M.Schumacher
: At
the end of the day, we
have been a little behind probably all weekend.
You see a lot of Michelin drivers at
the top whereas normally
there are a few Bridgestones
there. It's the nature of the situation.
We've said many times
it will not continue like
it has been in previous races. It
will turn around and it has happened and that's
what we have to face. But
we're not too worried. We're not miles
off, we still have an opportunity in third
position. It's a long race in front of us. |
| Question :
Michael,
you seem to have had a fairly
action-packed day in some ways,
with the problem in the morning, you aborted
the first lap this afternoon, then there
was a problem with your eye. It is
a little bit worrying. What was this morning's problem?
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| M.Schumacher
: I
guess it was an electronic problem, which simply
didn't allow us to finish this morning's
session. But I wouldn't say it hindered
us a lot. The first run I aborted because some
car lost a lot of oil,
or there was a big oil cloud in the
tunnel so I was a little bit worried that
there might be oil on the circuit.
Otherwise I had one lap in traffic
with Juan, otherwise I had
clean laps and that was it. |
| Question :
Are
you a bit worried about tomorrow with the
fact that the Michelin runners seem to be better off?
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| M.Schumacher
: You
have to be, yes. We kept saying that it can turn
around very quickly, and it
has made us prove a bit now,
unfortunately. Anyway, we are
not miles away, in my view, in race
condition, we haven't got it
together in qualifying, but I think
we can be reasonably competitive tomorrow, we
hope at least that will be the case, and if not then
we have to simply drive home and see
how many points we can score. |
| Question :
Did
you get whatever was in your eye out, or is it
still there? |
| M.Schumacher
: There
is still some irritation. I don't
know whether there is still something inside or
it is just a follow - up from what was there, I don't
know. I have to check later. |
| Question :
Michael.
What happened with you and Montoya at Loews?
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| M.Schumacher
: He
obviously didn't
see me, that's the nature of the circuit. |
| Question :
Did
you have the thing
in your eye from the beginning of practice or when?
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| M.Schumacher
:
It happened after, I think, the second run. |
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