Title hopes distant for Ralf Schumacher

By Andrew Hooper
August 25 2003


	Title hopes distant for Ralf

	Even though he was able to finish the Hungarian Grand Prix in fourth BMW WilliamsF1 driver Ralf Schumacher is close to recognising the fact that his title chances are very slim. For Ralf his chances of securing victory in the race were ruined firstly by a poor start and secondly by spinning at Turn three on the opening lap. This would drop him to the back of the field. With Ralf now fourteen points behind championship leader Michael Schumacher, and with the difficulty of closing this points gap Ralf now feels that only with a lot of luck will he have a chance in the drivers title fight. Ralf said: "Theoretically it is still possible, but it's pretty distant. A lot would have to happen and I'd have to have a lot of luck. I'll try my hardest and we'll have to see what happens. "I don't know what happened at the start, I didn't have any traction. After that I had a great chase. If you take that into account, you can imagine where I'd have been if I'd had no problems at the start."