Find out what the British press made of the European Grand Prix in our media review.
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Schumacher’s home win closes gap
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“[Alonso] lives in Oxford and goes on holiday to Wales, so he is not exactly geared to being windswept and interesting for the cameras.” |
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Bernie Ecclestone reckons Michael Schumacher was more interesting as a World Champion – but Schumacher lives in Switzerland which is hardly any more exciting. |
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Schumacher has the edge in game of cat and mouse
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“It became clear that the red cars had a small but critical advantage all along.” |
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Spot on – this was a car superiority win, not a tactical win. |
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Schumacher shows old mettle to cap a pit-stop triumph
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“‘I agree that we went too hard,’ said Martin Whitmarsh, the McLaren chief executive. ‘If we’d selected the right tyre from Michelin’s portfolio we [Raikkonen] could have beaten the Ferraris'” |
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Surprised that Whitmarsh thought McLaren were that close to winning – time will tell. |
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Schumacher breathes new life into title race
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“Schumacher holds the key to the season. The championship is alive again, as is his future at Ferrari.” |
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Michael Schumacher making a title race interesting? Never thought I’d see the day… |
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Hamilton is a Brit tasty
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“There was a Brit winner at the Nurburgring yesterday – but unfortunately it was not Jenson Button” |
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Most papers picked up on Hamilton’s excellent GP2 win. But I don’t remember Adam Carroll getting the same coverage last year. |
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Schu is coming for you Alonso
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“Ferrari ace Schumacer harried Alonso for 36 laps before unleashing a volley of fastest laps” |
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A bold attempt at making the race sound more interesting than it was. |
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Schu is back in the old routine
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“The tactical nous of Ross Brawn allied to Schumacher’s speed dished out a hard lesson to their rivals at Renault, cutting the Spaniard’s lead to 13 points with 13 rounds remaining.” |
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Schumacher’s championship chances aren’t as remote as Ferrari are playing them up to be. |
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Schumacher win sets up a real race
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“Hamilton is next in line to carry the hopes of the nation” |
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“Hamilton is next in line to suffer undeserved fortnightly hammerings from the British tabloids” |
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British blowouts – Button and Coulthard fail as Schumacher grabs win
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“Coulthard’s race was very brief after slamming into Tonio Liuzzi.” |
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Don’t let facts obstruct your desire to slate British talent boys! Of course, Coulthard wasn’t to blame for the Liuzzi crash, and Button wasn’t to blame for his engine failure, but let’s make out that it was anyway. |
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Schuey is Euro star as Alonso loses grip
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“Felipe Massa was in impressive form as the Ferrari driver claimed his first Formula One podium with third place.” |
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He may have only finished 4.4s behind Schumacher, but his fastest lap was exactly 1s slower. |
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