August News 2003
   
Thursday August 21, 2003
Q & A with Michael Schumacher
Michael  Schumacher  answered  a  few  questions   before the  start  of  the  weekend's activities  at the Hungaroring.
- What  are  your  thoughts  on   the   championship   battle situation ?
I  like  to fight like  this.  It is  a very good situation and I have no problem with it. It can  be  very  interesting  with the  possibility  of Kimi or Juan Pablo taking points off one another,  which is good for me,  as I am leading.
- How  do    you   evaluate   Ferrari's   performance   level compared   to   Williams' ?
- We  now  have  time  to  test  for  the  last   three   races and  I  have  confidence  in  the  team  that   we  can   turn the situation to our favour and that the good times  will  be back for us. It is possible that we might have  to  settle for second place in a couple of the coming races,  as  it  is true that Williams has a lot of momentum at the moment.  But our team has excellent development skills and  great  teamwork.
- Are< you< looking forward to drive on the newly modified Hungaroring this weekend ?
- I  am  interested to see the changes and not just the new parts of the track.  I  understand  that  part  of  it has also been resurfaced, so  we  must  see  what  effect  that  has. I enjoy driving here as it is a technically demanding circuit.
- How  do  you  feel  about  the  FIA's  Court  of  Appeal's decision  in  regards  to  your  brother's  penalty ?
- Firstly,  I  think  the  original  penalty was too harsh and secondly,  I  would  not  want  to  profit on the track from someone  being  penalised.
- And  finally,  how  do  you  feel   about   the   fact   that the Canadian GP will disappear  from  the 2004 calendar ?
- Looking  at  my  record  there, I will be sad, even though I don’t like the circuit so much from a driving point of view. But  the good side is that  this  race  is  being  replaced  by the Belgian GP at Spa and that really is my favourite circuit.