Schumacher looks forward to home race

14th July 2012

 

Round 10 of the 2012 Formula One World Championship marks the second home race in succession for the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS team. The German Grand Prix takes place on Sunday 22 July at the Hockenheimring which is just 100kms from the Daimler and Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Stuttgart.
 
* The 2012 German Grand Prix will be the 33rd held at Hockenheim;
Mercedes-Benz power has won twice, in 1998 & 2008
 
* This year's race marks the tenth anniversary of the circuit's redesign and
the construction of the Mercedes Grandstand
 
* The Drag Reduction System can be deployed for 59% of the lap in qualifying
- the fourth highest value of the season
 
* In seven races over the past ten years at Hockenheim, the Safety Car has
been deployed on just two occasions
 
Michael Schumacher
"People often ask me whether there is any such thing as a home advantage in
such an international sport as ours and my answer is: perhaps not a home
advantage, but certainly a home-race feeling. As a German driver, you
naturally have a different sense of excitement when you arrive at the German
Grand Prix and know that all the spectators in the grandstands are
supporting you. That makes you proud, and always boosts your motivation even
higher. This year is the first time that our Mercedes works team has been
capable of racing right at the front, and because of that, we're hoping for
lots of support from the fans and to reward them with our performance.
Hopefully we will see a lot of Mercedes colleagues in the grandstands, and
we want to do particularly well for them. We have set ourselves the clear
target of giving everybody a reason to celebrate next weekend."
 
Nico Rosberg
"I am really looking forward to our second home Grand Prix next week. We
will start the weekend with visits to our factory for the new A-Class and
B-Class in Rastatt, AMG in Affalterbach and the FOTA Fan Forum in Stuttgart;
it will be great to see so many colleagues from Mercedes-Benz, and also to
spend some time with the fans before the weekend gets really busy!
Hockenheim is always very special for us, and especially for me. I was born
in Wiesbaden, near Hockenheim, and I have really good memories of the
previous Hockenheim races. Before my Formula One career, I won quite often
at this circuit, and I will never forget my father's last DTM race in 1995.
I joined him on the roof of his car driving through the Motodrom - and that
was the moment when I thought to myself "How cool is that?!" and decided to
become a racing driver like him. I will be pushing really hard to perform
well in front of our fans in the Mercedes Grandstand, so we can hopefully
celebrate a good result together. I think our car should suit this track
much better than Silverstone. Hockenheim has long straights and short
corners, which will be good for the Silver Arrow."
 
Ross Brawn
"The German Grand Prix will be our second home race in two weeks following
the British Grand Prix at Silverstone last weekend, and we are looking
forward to racing in front of our home fans and Mercedes-Benz colleagues
once again. As the Mercedes-Benz works team, the weekend is always a special
one for our team. Our performance has been up and down recently, ranging
from podiums to lower points finishes, and we need to work hard to improve
our level of consistency and ability to challenge at the front of the field.
The Hockenheim layout should be more suited to the F1 W03 than the
high-speed Silverstone layout, and we are bringing some further improvements
to the car which should help our performance. It would be very special to
achieve a good result in Germany, so we will be working hard to achieve just
that."
 
Norbert Haug
"The German Grand Prix, in the country where the automobile was born, is a
highlight of every Formula One season and especially so for our Silver
Arrows works team. Following the race in Silverstone two weeks ago, this is
our second consecutive home Grand Prix - the Daimler head office and
Mercedes headquarters in Stuttgart are located around 100 km from the
circuit. The Mercedes Grandstand, which gives the best views of some of the
most interesting parts of the circuit, marks its tenth anniversary this year
and will once again offer many special attractions. One highlight will be
the opportunity for all visitors to Hockenheim to test drive the brand new
A-Class for the first time in our Experience World.
 
"Hockenheim sets quite a different challenge to Silverstone. The circuit has
just two very high-speed corners and the majority are medium-speed.
Good braking stability and excellent traction are required in the Spitzkehre
at the far end of the circuit, which then leads into the spectacular
sequence in front of the Mercedes Grandstand. Following its introduction
last year, DRS is being used at this circuit for the first time and it can
be deployed for over half the lap in qualifying. What's more, it is certain
to further increase the number of overtaking moves in the race, which will
be good for the fans and help make the race even more exciting.
 
"This year, we are celebrating 111 years of Mercedes Motorsport at the
German Grand Prix. This impressive figure has special meaning; Nico's
victory in China this year came in his 111th Formula One race and was also
the 111th Grand Prix win for Mercedes since 1901. In Hockenheim, our team
will be working hard to deliver a similar level of performance to that we
have seen this year with Nico's win in China three months ago, his second
place a month later in Monaco and Michael's podium finish two races ago in
Valencia."
 

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