British Expatriate Network

I heard that Michael and Ralf Shumacher's mother passed away during the night before the GP.

Michael won the race and Ralf came fourth. Amazing.

It was a good race, apparently Ralf and Michael had come to the agreement that if one didn't want to race, the other wouldn't also and vice versa.

It was quite saddening to see him sat in park ferme not wanting to get out of his car.

I'm just amazed how peopel can put that aside and be so focused as to be able to race for 2 hours...

Their mum was only 55.

Andrew

It amazes me how people can do that too - I wasnt close with my mother at all but I couldnt think aout much else much less drive a formula one car. Reminds me of when Pete Sampras tried his very best about 5 years ago to play the day his best friend/coach died and every few minutes you could see him really struggling emotionally and about to break down - everyone on the crowd felt really weird it was the strangest thing - then after 2 sets he couldnt keep it in and just let go between games and I swear a few thousand people just sat there and cried like hell.

does anyone remember when the York City player died on the pitch?

Grandstand didn't play the music at the end of the programme it was surreal.

My experience in a race car tells me that, unlike tennis where there are breaks between points, once you get behind the wheel of that car there is virtually no chance to think of anything else, you get into the "Zone" as they say nowadays. And I didn't compete at anywhere near the Formula One level.

I am sure that's why it all washed over Schumi when he got to parc fermé--he'd necessarily held it all back for a couple of hours, then it flooded back in again.