RoC – Schumacher will travel to Thailand

As for more than five years, Michael Schumacher will be aligned alongside Sebastian Vettel in Team Germany to try to achieve a sixth consecutive victory in the Nations Cup. The seven-time world champion F1 will also try to glean a first victory in the Race of Champions. Since his first participation in 2004, the German has finished runner-up three times, the first in 2004 behind Heikki Kovalainen and the other two in 2007 and 2009 behind Mattias Ekström.

« I have never raced in Thailand before so it will be an interesting trip in my racing career, explains Schumacher. Of course, this means that Team Germanay won't have the advantage of racing at home like the last two years, but with Seb we were performing well in London and Beijing, so we hope to continue our momentum! »

For the first time in its history, the Race of Champions will travel to Thailand to introduce motorsport to this region of the world. “ I am a regular at the Race of Champions and it is a very entertaining event, He added. It's not the competition that brings me back but the fun and the time spent with the other drivers. But racing in a stadium is a sensation and it's a really different experience for the drivers to have the fans so close to us. But we are professionals, and as soon as we lower the visor, we want to win... »