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2002
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June
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| Sunday June 23rd,
2002 |
| European GP -
RACE |
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| Michael
said "Rubens drove
a superb race and deserves
the win, while I deserve to
be second. At the start, I chose the wrong
side to make a move. I tried
to go to the outside of Montoya and Ralf but then
I had to slow for the kink and saw Rubens
and Coulthard fly by. Ralf was very
fair when I came to pass him, although I had an
eventful couple of laps to pass Montoya,
after which I closed on Rubens.
I think I spun because I got too close to
him and lost downforce, but I heard that
Rubens also had problems
at that point so maybe there
was some dirt or oil. I was giving it everything
I had and was pushing very
hard as I would be staying out
one lap longer than him before the
pit stop and thought I might take
advantage of that. But
after the stop I lost a bit
of time with backmarkers. After
the second stop I did not really get a chance
to pass and the team
came on the radio and told
us to bring the cars home safely.
Why was Rubens not asked to
let me by? The situation was very different to
Austria, when we were not arrogant
enough to think winning the title
would be easy, given that nothing
can be taken for granted.
Now, later in the season,
the championships are still
not decided, but we are in a much
stronger position than in
Austria."
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Weather
Sunny . Air temp. 22°C , Track
temp. 30°C ( average ) . |
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| Times from
Qualifying : |
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M. Schumacher
Ferrari 1:35:07.720 (
2nd ) |
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