Michael Schumacher admits that he had lost concentration when he crashed in the wet FP2 session at Hockenheim today.
In the closing minutes of the session Schumacher went off at the fast right into the stadium, and touched the barrier with the front and rear of the car. He had been fourth in the dry morning session.
“Basically I was not fully concentrated,” said Schumacher. “I was on the radio and I was doing some other changes to the car, and touched the white line. That’s it.
“Cosmetically it looks almost all four corners touched on the barriers, so that’s not the nicest way, but the impact wasn’t too big.”
Schumacher admitted that Mercedes hadn’t learned much in today’s mixed conditions.
“It didn’t help us a lot, conditions, being so inconsistent, I don’t think we learned a great deal.
“It is what it is, so you’ve got to the best out of it. Nevertheless we’ve got to qualify probably in wet conditions, so that’s why it’s good sense to be out today and try the car and get the set-up right and so on. But it’s a guess work for Sunday.
“It’s OK. Any time we’ve been out, we’ve been top end.”
Adam Cooper F1 
Various commentators say that Michael will stay as the car is getting better,and he is as fit as a flea, and with the Pirelli tyres as they are, it’s pretty much anyone’s race to win. I am not so sure, and with the mistake he made yesterday, I see a sort of resigned ” I know i can drive the car fast but its very little fun” feeling setting in. Michael is not a cruise and collect midfield racer and being a tyre nanny must be pretty frustrating.
I understand the need for cost cutting and I understand [although I really dislike] the obsession with ‘the show’ but Michael is, and has always been first and foremost, a racer, and this is not a racer’s time.
Remember the times when he picked the car up and dragged it to the flag! Wonderful, and it earner him millions of fans, and quite right too.
At Silverstone, Fernando said something along the lines of “I was happy to settle for second” and that’s depressing!
I really hope that Michael stays but on the other hand, I think perhaps he should go. Mercedes have let him down big time but they have won a race this season, so that part of the deal is done, If Formula One now is going the way of a ‘spec’ series, it is certainly not the place for a racer like Michael