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MS 4th at Misano

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  1. jknight

    jknight F1 Veteran

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    Michael Schumacher finished fourth in his first competitive motorbike race at Misano today, but denied it was the beginning of a new career. He took part in a round of a one-make KTM series at the Italian circuit, on a 990cc Super Duke.

    He qualified third and went on to finish fourth, five seconds behind the winner, but his best lap was just one tenth of a second slower than the fastest lap of the race.

    "It was really fun," said Schumacher. "At the start I was a bit cautious but I also wasn't really good at it and fell back to 14th position. But to fight back through the field was great and the overtaking was just great too." He played down suggestions that he is considering a career on bikes.

    "This is not the start of a second career, even if I do a race from time to time it doesn't mean anything other than I do it because I want to enjoy myself. I just enjoy motorbiking.

    "I don't have any ambitions to step into any kind of racing series. I'm also not presumptuous enough to imagine I could step into a professional series. I want to try myself on two wheels but one thing is sure, I will strongly take care not to go over the top."

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    I like his racing leathers and his plate number! Sounds like he really enjoyed himself.

    Carol
     
  2. ferraridude615

    ferraridude615 F1 Veteran

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    Something tells me that MS might be holding back a little too.
     
  3. cantsleepnk

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    +1 . The man is a racing god.
     
  4. bigodino

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    So he took part in a one-make KTM series with a Ducati? How does that work and as far as I know KTM doesn't make a MotoGP bike.
     
  5. cantsleepnk

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    I'm not a MC expert but yahoo sports says his bike was a 990cc KTM Super Duke .
     
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    Ah I see. Just shows I don't know much about bikes. I thought that Duke was short for Ducati. My mistake.
     
  7. Simon^2

    Simon^2 F1 World Champ

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    How many in the race?
     
  8. jknight

    jknight F1 Veteran

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    don't know - only know that reports said he fell back to 14th position and enjoyed coming thru the field. There's stories about this on many, many news reporting services - here's a racing photo from Autosport.

    Carol
     
  9. jknight

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  10. Remy Zero

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    Michael, do u hear me? pls come back, we need you!
     
  11. cantsleepnk

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  12. jk0001

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    He is doing what every 30+ zillioniar should be doing
     

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