Boring race for Ralf
By Andrew Hooper
August 19 2002
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| For BMW WilliamsF1 driver
Ralf Schumacher the Hungarian Grand Prix would see him finish in third but
despite been able to stand up on the podium at the race the race itself held
little excitement for Ralf. After making a pass attempt on his brother
Michael at the start and been unsuccessful Ralf fell into third position, a
position which he would hold until the finish. But there was little that Ralf could do to challenge the Ferrari's in first and second so it really became a case of simply getting himself and his car to the finish.
As for the performance of his Michelin tyres, which came in for some criticism as been too conservative for the circuit, Ralf felt that his Bridgestone rivals hold an advantage while his tyres come into their best. Ralf said: "Well, for us it seems that the tyre throughout the race gets better and better and that's basically the case. They usually start on new tyres which is an advantage for the first five, six, seven laps maybe compared to us but then we start to stabilise. But by that time, usually, it's a bit late, as we saw again today. But whatever, even if that had stabilised there was no chance. As in previous races, they are still too strong for us." As for his start Ralf knew
that once his brother Michael braked late going into Turn One that there was
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Ralf
would comment on the race by saying: "It was kind of boring. But to be
honest, we didn't expect to be third here this weekend. That was our target
but we had such a bad weekend except for qualifying and the race today, so
we are totally happy. We were the only car out there being able to stay in
reasonable distance at least and the team did simply a great job, the pit
stops were brilliant and I am very happy."
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