Ralf's parking (slow news week)

[Mr V]

Found this on www.itv-f1.com

According to Mrs Schumacher (jr).................

Ralf Schumacher has been accused of driving ‘like a woman’ – by his wife.

Cora Schumacher lifted the lid on her husband’s problems on the road – and with parking in particular.

Speaking on a German TV show, Cora said: “There have been a number of little accidents when it comes to getting into and out of parking spots.

“Ralf causes the sort of accidents you might expect from women drivers.”

Cora said that things had got even since worse Ralf traded in his BMW for a Toyota, which is not equipped with parking sensors.

She said: “Ralf was waiting for the beep to let him know how close he was to the car behind him — but we heard a different noise.”

"Honey, i can't hear any noise from behind!"
crash
"ooooops, now i can !"

[Vicki]

"Oh don't worry, there's plenty of room..."
THUD, CRASH, BANG!
"Ah, why did I sell that BMW with those lovely parking sensors?!"

Seriously, my mum has NEVER bashed someone's car when parking, so Ralf, a little advice, DRIVING LESSONS!

[luke]

Surely this is enbarising.

[ralf fan]

This Cora seems to like bashing Ralf in public...

RS:" haha look no hands..."
Cora: "er... honey you dont have that....B... *bang* MW anymore"

[Silk Cut Jaguar]

As if Ralf's image wasn't tarnished enough... poor sod.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Silk Cut Jaguar

As if Ralf's image wasn't tarnished enough... poor sod.

Yes,now people are saying he's a bad driver!

[pirenzo]

I do feel sorry for him, afterall, it may just be he hasn't readjusted yet to not having parking sensors.
Slow news week indeed though, just look at the puny amount of threads in here!

[Kicking-back]

If I was a mega-rich F1 driver, who had won races, I'd quite happily accept that the flip side was a) some people like to criticise me and b) I can't park.

[Marbot]

Have you noticed when an F1 car is reversed into the garage one of the mechanics always steers it in,obviously reversing is a major flaw as regards F1 drivers.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by pirenzo

I do feel sorry for him, afterall, it may just be he hasn't readjusted yet to not having parking sensors.
Slow news week indeed though, just look at the puny amount of threads in here!

It just needs TGF to announce his retirement and we'll be back to normal again. ....how long will it be before we post that thread i wonder.

[JohnSSC]

Well I have been waiting for it, and today Mr V provides it!

This is Definitive Proof that driver aids have ruined the modern F1 Driver! Traction control, engine mapping, automatic gearchanges and now the ultimate scourge: The Little Thing That Beeps to Let You Know You are Too Close.

It all should be banned! Bring skill back to the sport! Reduce the outrageous cost of Racing!

Quotes from Around the World regarding Schumi Lite's inability to park:

"In my day a good driver could make a car that had poor parking characteristics park respectably." - Stirling Moss

"I can still park a modern car as well as any car that existed in my days as an active driver." - Niki Lauda

"Errmm. Aaah. Yes." - Mika Hakkinen

"If I can fit in it, I can park it." - JPM and Nige, in unison.

(Posthumous quote) "If I were in a a car with Cora you can believe I would have found something else to do." - James Hunt

[alesi95]

This will help his 2005 campaign.

[Marbot]

Allthough the regulations stipulate that a reverse gear is a mandatory fitment on F1 cars,i'm sure Toyota are now looking for a loophole as i type.

[touringcarnut]

poor bloke, he was pretty dodgy when he drove one of the ITV presenters in one year of the Silverstone GP... Who was it?

[RWC]

Hopefully ralf won't mind his wife's sense of humour in publicly mentioning this
It is funny

[senna12]

He named his kid David. He is notoriously unstable. He wanted to invest in the sex industry. What else would you expect from him?

[2112]

Poor Ralf.

On the other hand, I wish I had his money

[ASCII Man]

I concur with senna12 though, he seems like a monkey on the edge lately!

[Casseopeia]

Originally Posted by senna12

He named his kid David. He is notoriously unstable. He wanted to invest in the sex industry. What else would you expect from him?

Character assassination! On this forum? I haven't noticed a terribly unstable character - would BMW pay him millions if he was 'unstable'? I doubt it. And what, pray, is wrong with the name David? Quite a sensible name if you ask me. Everyone knows a Dave. All the Daves I know are OK blokes
Don't think his, er, little investment was anything more than just that, imo.

Btw - I ain't no Ralfie fan but I thought this was a bit unfair.

Go Kimi!

[Paarma]

Professional drivers are sometimes surprisingly bad drivers on the "civilian side". They are obviously more skilled, but refuse to use those skills to promote safety. When the volume of traffic grows it becames increasingly
dangerous. I think ralf knows how to park a car, he simply chose not to pay attention.

[Fantasy GP610]

Originally Posted by touringcarnut

poor bloke, he was pretty dodgy when he drove one of the ITV presenters in one year of the Silverstone GP... Who was it?

Wasn't it Ted Kravitz ??

This year ITV had a video diary feature of JPM and Connie and part of it was JPM driving them to one of the tracks ... hang onto your seat stuff

[Silk Cut Jaguar]

Is JPM still ban from driving in France?

[f1manoz]

Originally Posted by 2112

On the other hand, I wish I had his money

I wish I had his wife! PPHWWAAOORRR!!!

[ASCII Man]

I think he's still banned from driving in France, yes.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by ASCII Man

I think he's still banned from driving in France, yes.

Interesting,i was just reading your sig ASCII Man and was wondering whether Mika stole it from Michael or vice versa?,i seem to remember,i think it was James Allen that asked Michael the question but not sure.
As for JPM,i think he's still banned but so are most of the French.