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2002
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| Sunday July 21st,
2002 |
| FRENCH GP -
MICHAEL 2002 WORLD CHAMPION |
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| Michael
said "Thank you is
too small a word for what the team has done for
me. I love and admire all of them
for the work they do and for their
motivation. I did not think about the championship
this weekend, but then
when I saw that Rubens was out and where Montoya
was, I started to think about
it. The start was very exciting.
We were all faster than Montoya.
I tried to go down the
outside of him and Kimi went up the inside, so
all three of us went down to the chicane
together. It was very enjoyable. Then
I made the mistake with the
white line and I thought it
was all over. After the second stop,
I took it a bit easy and then started
to push with ten laps to go. I don’t think
I would have passed Kimi if it
had not been for the oil as
he drove a fantastic race. Seeing
him in trouble helped to warn me.
At the time I was concerned I had passed
under the yellow flag, but in fact it
was after the incident and I was on the
racing line and Kimi was off it. Once I was in
the lead, it was really the worst five laps of
my life as I realised the championship was again
in my pocket. I had a weight on my shoulders
and felt enormous pressure not too
make a mistake. Those laps went on forever.
As I took the flag I felt an outburst of emotion
and realised how much it means and how I love
the sport. All the titles have felt
special in a different way, as in
fact have the race wins. So you never get
used to it. We can now concentrate on
each event as it comes and hopefully
have some exciting racing.” |
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Weather
Sunny and dry . Air temp. 25°C . |
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| Times from
Qualifying : |
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M. Schumacher
Ferrari 1.32.09.837 (
1st ) |
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