Brawn hails Schumacher as the ultimate F1 driver

By Greig Murray
July 21 2002

Ferrari’s Technical Director Ross Brawn has hailed Michael Schumacher as the ‘Ultimate F1 driver’ after his fifth world title was won in France. Schumacher took his third title in a row for Ferrari in a dramatic day at the Magny Cours circuit.

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Strategy genius Ross Brawn has played a part in all but three of Michael Schumacher’s 61 race wins but it is the driver who takes all the plaudits and rightly so according to Brawn. Schumacher survived a pit lane penalty to come through and win the race in dramatic fashion.

"He is the ultimate Formula 1 driver,” said Brawn. “People try to make comparisons but I do not know how you can do that as in the modern era there is no one near him. I’m lost for words for a change. It was incredible. We were looking good at one stage then we had the drive-through penalty. I was telling him that there was another car behind him and I think I put him off so put that one down to me. Michael was unhappy about it but we could see what had happened on the television. It was a close call but the stewards were consistent in penalising people. Luckily the pitlane is very short here."

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