Brothers in real life, big rivals on race track.
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00:00And here are the battling Schumacher brothers, Michael in the Ferrari, Ralph in the Jordan,
00:05a situation that we have never had in the previous 10 Grand Prix.
00:10It's only Ralph Schumacher's 11th Grand Prix, it's his brother Michael's 95th Grand Prix,
00:17but Michael is struggling, he's in the spare Ferrari, and the two brothers are not going to be deferring to each other.
00:24Ralph is just as anxious to get past Michael as Michael is to keep Ralph behind him.
00:30And particularly because Michael Schumacher wants two World Championship points,
00:35rather than one to reduce the gap between himself and Dillner to the minimum, or rather keep it at the maximum.
00:43Exactly right, and Michael needs every point he can get from the World Championship,
00:48but remember Michael's on the softer tyre, the wrong tyre as it's turned out for today, Ralph.
00:54We've got two distinct battles in the top six, Dillner and Coulthard for a second.
01:00place, Herbert Schumacher and Schumacher for fourth position.
01:04Well, you won't get through there, Ralph, no way, you'll actually lose ground now,
01:07because you had to get off the throttle longer, because you took a more acute angle through the corner,
01:11you will never overtake him through there.
01:14Your best chances are going to be after this corner, down into turn 12,
01:17but better still, keep it neat and tidy, and get in his slipstream.
01:21He's very slow through the last corner, and Ralph has just lost the car under braking,
01:26and now Michael's pulled away from him again.
01:28They've got to calm down and prepare for the right moment.
01:31Then look at Coulthard on the left.
01:33Is he coming through to second position?
01:35Indeed he is, I think, as he goes through on the inside,
01:39and that's a Jordan off with Eddie Jordan, with, uh, with Eddie...
01:44Two Williams side by side.
01:45Coulthard makes it stick up the outside, in the inside.
01:48Now look, Michael Schumacher, it's the two Jordans that got together,
01:51and pushed him into Michael Schumacher.
01:53So the two Jordans tripping over each other on the apex of turn one,
01:58and absolute chaos behind.
02:00Another car going across the ground.
02:01There we go.
02:02Wow, that was dangerous.
02:03Isn't that ironic?
02:04If that's Ralph Schumacher's car,
02:07he's taking his brother out and possibly destroying his world championship chances.
02:12Michael Schumacher on the replay, rejoins the circuit.
02:15Here's another one.
02:16Yeah, there we go.
02:17The Jordan flying up in the air.
02:19Schumacher getting a face full of dirt for good measure,
02:22and now they're all going across the gravel trap.
02:25That was a nasty first-quarter incident,
02:27and, uh, well, Michael Schumacher,
02:29that rear wheel of his brother's car,
02:31looked extremely close to his head, didn't it?
02:33Ralph Schumacher...
02:33Lap 52 out of 71,
02:35and just as David Coulthard has driven a magnificent fighting recovery,
02:39so Michael Schumacher there, in the red Ferrari,
02:43is doing the same thing.
02:44He's come through after replacing the nose of the car
02:47to catch his brother, Ralph,
02:49and he's in fourth position, Ralph.
02:51And he's much later on the brakes into turn two on the earlier laps,
02:54but he decided...
02:54Oh, Michael, you nearly ran into him.
02:57Got well out of shape under braking,
02:59and he was much quicker than Ralph.
03:00Last time round into there,
03:02decided to have a go,
03:03and had to abort halfway through,
03:05and very skillful, in fact,
03:07that he didn't run into the back of him.
03:09The, uh, here we go again,
03:10look, he's going to have a look up the inside,
03:12and just look, the back end steps out of line,
03:14and I have to tell you,
03:15that's a brilliant piece of driving
03:17to recover that one.
03:19Out, and Barry Coulthard much earlier,
03:21but look at this,
03:22Ralph Schumacher back again,
03:23with Ralph going for fourth position.
03:26And they're climbing out of turn one here.
03:28He should get him this time,
03:29although Ralph did get better drive off that corner,
03:31didn't he?
03:32We know Michael's got the low downforce setup
03:34from earlier in the race,
03:35but Ralph's got plenty of speed himself,
03:37hasn't he, look?
03:37And he's covering the line nicely.
03:39Well done, Ralph.
03:40So take that, big bro.
03:42But, uh, Michael's going to cut up the inside,
03:44but Ralph's got the good line.
03:45He's got the grip,
03:46he's on the, the, the rubberized tarmac,
03:49and, uh, driving out of the corner,
03:51but still Michael is there harrying him,
03:53and, uh, Ralph keeping his head very well.
03:55Yeah, remember, it's very low downforce on the Ferrari,
03:58and it's very skittish at the end.
04:01His best way is to get a good slingshot out of one,
04:03where Ralph's car seems very good anyway.
04:05It's a bit better for Michael,
04:06but still you can see there's enough of a gap.
04:08Ralph's going to have to defend the line again.
04:10He's going to have to keep it
04:11over to the right-hand side,
04:13otherwise Michael will be nipping through.
04:14Look, Michael's saying, I'll try anyway.
04:16And, uh, what a great scrap.
04:18Yeah, and it's tremendously heartening
04:20for the Jordan team, of course,
04:22because this is the man who is generally acknowledged
04:25to be the finest braw-free driver in the world
04:27in the best car.
04:28Now he's going to do it!
04:29Now he's going to do it!
04:30He's on the inside!
04:32Ralph Schumacher has to give way!
04:34Michael Schumacher just got the right position there.
04:38Dives past his brother.
04:39Now he's been held up a lot.
04:42There's, uh, 15 seconds between him and Eddie Irvine.
04:46How much higher Michael sits in the seat.
04:47He likes to see the front of the car,
04:49and he certainly pointed it nicely into this corner.
04:52Very deep on the brakes.
04:54And then I saw a hand...
04:55Jean-Todd keeps an eye on his progress
04:57as Michael passes his brother Ralph
04:59for seventh on lap four.
05:00Hey, out, you can't have both.
05:02And, uh, that, uh, who, which Ferrari is that?
05:04That's Ralph going down the outside of Michael.
05:07So Michael definitely got some kind of pace problem.
05:10Can Ralph find some traction and get ahead of Michael?
05:13Yes, he can.
05:14He's going to beat Michael down to the Nürburgring chicane.
05:17Something wrong with that Ferrari.
05:18Yeah, that'll be, uh, that'll be an after.
05:21Sixth position, and Barrichello, of course,
05:24has got a dry track, a clear track in front of him.
05:27The two Minardis are still last, of course.
05:31And thankfully, as they go down into club,
05:33they're all away.
05:34And Ralph Schumacher just outbraked his brother.
05:36Michael tried to move into Stowe,
05:38which would, uh, be a touch of déjà vu from last year.
05:41Decided to back off,
05:43and now Ralph, his brother, outbraked him into Vail,
05:45and he slipped yet another place.
05:46Look at the pair of them in the background there.
05:48And Ralph maintains that position.
05:51A disastrous first lap.
05:53Ralph running a little bit wide there.
05:54A disastrous first lap for Michael Schumacher,
05:56but he's coming back at his brother.
06:52Oh, my God.
07:22Oh, my God.
07:52Achten Sie jetzt im Hintergrund auch auf Barrichello, der von beiden geschnappt wird und Michael, der nicht viel Platz lässt. Also das ist schon ziemlich hart gewesen.
08:03Und Heckinen lässt da auch Colt hat eine Länge Luft, um Barrichello seinerseits nach hinten abzuklemmen. Das hat er gut gemacht. Ich glaube, da war Teamplay im Spiel.
08:14Hier nochmal aus der Onboard von Montoya.
08:17Also Michael war da schon sehr hart mit seinem Bruder. Muss ich wirklich sagen, das macht man eigentlich in der Form nicht gegen die Luft.
08:28Also war genug, es war genug Platz für...
08:30Das war jetzt wieder...
08:50Obwohl, Michael musste da fahren. Das war jetzt nicht ein Zumachen. Das war Ideallinie. Also es war nicht, dass jetzt der Kampflinie gefahren hat. Aber es zeigt, dass Michael am Limit ist, wenn er solche Fehler macht.
09:03Das war in der Dunlop-Kehrer unten. Und damit sind auch die letzten Zehntel perdu. Ralf ist dran. Da ist das Duell. Auf geht's.
09:13Jetzt haben wir den Kampf Bruder gegen Bruder. Rad an Rad. Rot gegen Weiß-Blau. Schumacher 1 gegen Schumacher 2. Der Kleine gegen den Großen. Und Achtung!
09:33Vor dem Gastroles. Könnt's gehen. Geht er? Er geht. Nicht.
09:43Ja, der Ferrari ist auch. Hier sehen wir nochmal den Verbremser. Und jetzt beim Zurückfahren. Logischerweise, Michael hat sie wieder gefangen. Versucht wieder auf die Linie zu kommen. Und Ralf findet keinen Platz vorbei. Also das war...
09:555 Lines. Und es ist! Go! Go to go! Schumacher. Ralf Schumacher leads. Berichkeller kommt in 3rd position.
10:15Michael Schumacher. And they turn in. And Fischkeller is well up in the Benetton. He's in 4th position as they drop down to Eau Rouge.
10:25He's got ahead of Jacques Villeneuve in the VAR. And David Coulthard from 9th position on the grid has got ahead of somebody.
10:35Tup-tup. Right behind Micah Hackett. And here they come up to Le Coon for the first time. And Michael Schumacher is right behind Ralf.
10:41And he's going to try and take him. Can he get through? Fabulous start by Michael Schumacher, who takes the lead on lap 1 of 43.
10:49He's going to take a lot of stopping now. Berichkeller...
10:522.1 second lead at the end of the last lap. And Michael Schumacher is all over the back of his brother like a rash.
10:59And the two Ferraris are well over a second a lap faster in this first 2 or 3 lap stage of the Grand Prix than the two BMW Williams cars.
11:07Is it pure performance? Is it fuel though? As Michael closes right down on the back of Ralf Schumacher.
11:12And one Montoya is dropping back all the time. Now 2.3 seconds behind Michael Schumacher as the elder brother looks down the inside into the left-hander there.
11:21No chance yet, but he's got a good drive out of that corner.
11:24Yeah, Ralf got wide and we know Michael's feisty into this next left-hander and he did not close the door on him as Montoya did.
11:31Ralf really just left him the way open. There'll be one or two comments about that because Ralf could have fought a little bit harder, I think, to maintain that position.
11:40And now we've got a Ferrari first and a Ferrari second.
11:45Lap time as we look again at the pass of Schumacher.
11:49And Schumacher has been very feisty under braking into that corner in this first 4 laps of the Grand Prix.
11:55And Ralf really provides...
11:57Go!
11:59Great start by Villeneuve!
12:01And look at Montoya chopping across as well.
12:03Fitzsonia hasn't taken the start.
12:05But side by side, Ralf Schumacher has done exactly what Martin suspected he might.
12:09And he's run round the outside of Michael Schumacher into the lead.
12:12But he really wants a piece of Rubens Barrichello.
12:14And a little look at the start there.
12:15You can see Webber going very slowly.
12:16And Villeneuve had to go right round the outside of him.
12:18You can see the Sauber on the right there as well.
12:20Yes, and I think Jenson Button had some contact further down the field.
12:24He got barged out of the way.
12:26And Webber away slow from fifth look.
12:28And watch as they go through.
12:30And there's four or five abreast there.
12:32Some contact.
12:33Kultad on the grass.
12:34Made it through.
12:35And Ralf Schumacher with an easy victory there.
12:37And here's Barrichello.
12:38He gets a grandstand view.
12:40Ralf Schumacher with the stronger run down the outside.
12:43Tends to be a bit grippy.
12:44It is the racing line there.
12:45And that's exactly...
12:47And 43 into the rear because of the weight transfer.
12:50That is where you've got the most grip.
12:52And Ralf now really struggling to get that Williams into the Variante batter.
12:56And Michael has a chance of a run at him.
12:59Will he have enough straight line speed?
13:00Ralf has the racing line.
13:02Now he's released it to Michael.
13:04But says, hey, we're going to have to brake much later than that, bro.
13:07Whoa!
13:08There was nothing.
13:09No quarter given or taken there.
13:10Michael Schumacher got right alongside his brother, Ralph.
13:13And we've seen plenty of racing between these two.
13:15Ralph really is very sensitive to accusations.
13:17He doesn't like going wheel to wheel with his brother.
13:19Doesn't like trying to overtake him.
13:21And you saw for yourself there.
13:22He was not going to give an inch to big bro.
13:26That has been compromised by his brother.
13:28He's trying to go down the inside of him.
13:29Whoa!
13:30Nothing given.
13:31No quarter on either side.
13:32And Ralph Schumacher very aggressive.
13:34Yes, and Michael tries to go around the outside.
13:36But there's no grip around there.
13:37Michael knows that well.
13:38He needs to tuck back in.
13:39But this is for position.
13:40And he can't expect any quarter from his brother.
13:43And nor has he received any.
13:45This absolutely is for position right now.
13:48Although Michael will be a bit miffed because he'll be thinking,
13:51Hey, we're not really fighting each other.
13:53Ralph locks the wheel and just somehow hooks the apex.
13:56Michael gets a run on him down into turn seven.
13:59And in the end, it's a mistake by Ralph Schumacher that releases his brother.
14:03So then keeping the five times world champion.
14:06Very honest.
14:07And that's a replay where Ralph wrong footed himself by breaking too late into five.
14:11Ran wide.
14:12Late on the throttle.
14:13And Michael said, okay, I'm going to take you now because I've got to get on with this.
14:18You call a first in two stopper, really.
14:21A short first in two stopper, I should say.
14:23He should be away.
14:25Something in the eights.
14:26If not, it's not a great stop.
14:28It's not a great stop.
14:29Because that clearly won't refuel him to the end.
14:31And somehow or other, that didn't quite work out that one.
14:35So where's Ralph Schumacher?
14:37There he is.
14:38Side by side.
14:39And it's done enough for Michael.
14:40He's not quite up to speed yet, but he's got enough to just do it.
14:44So that was, well, that was remarkable by Ferrari.
14:46Michael Schumacher's in-lap must have been pretty competitive to have made that work.
14:50And Ralph Schumacher must have lost a little time on his out-lap
14:53because his pit stop was almost two seconds slower than the Williams drivers.
14:57And yet he's still rejoined in front.
15:00And that will be massively frustrating for Ralph.
15:03The incident with the Williams, as you can see, they're carving through the field.
15:05And Montoya having a go at Jarno.
15:08Truly didn't come off for him this time.
15:09But look at this.
15:10Michael Schumacher now hassling Ralph Schumacher.
15:13He's gone down.
15:14He's gone back behind Ralph Schumacher.
15:15Yeah, that's a pass.
15:16Ralph in the melee.
15:18Ralph passed Michael.
15:19That's a crucial move for the afternoon as well, isn't it?
15:22So that puts Michael Schumacher now five places behind Raikkonen.
15:26And more places again behind or places behind Montoya.
15:32Monsauber for next year.
15:33Two-year contract as we look again at the pass.
15:36Ralph Schumacher on Michael.
15:37I think the Ralph really caught Michael unawares there.
15:40Michael would have been watching the very close action between Montoya.
15:44Montoya's failed overtake on Truly.
15:47And while he was watching that with a Jordan in the middle for good measure.
15:50Ralph just pounced on his favorite place down into turn one.
15:56He is indeed.
15:57We've seen some hot pace from him.
15:59And Ralph looking like he wants to do something about that straight away.
16:04That'll be interesting, won't it?
16:05Ralph starts having a run at Michael.
16:07That will be good fun to watch.
16:10And trying to get himself a better run out.
16:12Look how close that is.
16:14And Michael having to go defensive there against his brother.
16:17Which makes him lose time against Dermata.
16:20And we'll have to see where these guys are.
16:22I think it's going to be something like six, seven and eight in that way.
16:25When everybody's finished their final stops.
16:28Coutard's now 19 seconds ahead of Raikkonen in third place.
16:32So when he stops will be quite crucial to him too.
16:35Dermata with a clear gap.
16:36Ralph then in the slipstream.
16:38But he's not quite close enough for a go in at 1.30.
16:41He's going to have a look anyway.
16:42But nowhere near.
16:43And he will compromise himself on turn in.
16:45He did not have the ideal turn in.
16:47And Michael goes on the offensive.
16:49This is great racing here.
16:51In the closing stages of the 2003 World Championship.
16:55Michael Schumacher needs to be in front of Cristiano Dermata.
16:58To be in the championship position.
16:59To win the world title.
17:00But his brother's trying to take it away from him.
17:02Down the way.
17:03Straight to go.
17:04Schumacher blocks.
17:05Ralph goes on the inside.
17:06And Michael Schumacher takes the lead.
17:08When they were kids together.
17:09In Kerpen.
17:10Michael Schumacher said.
17:11He sometimes used to let his brother win.
17:13He'd let him through just for fun.
17:15He's not enjoying this though.
17:16He does not want his brother racing him here.
17:19Barrichello then.
17:20Whoa, what's this?
17:21Michael Schumacher.
17:22Ralph Schumacher.
17:23Straight on.
17:24That's the old chicane they've gone down.
17:25We're looking facing backwards.
17:26We can see Michael Schumacher.
17:28But where's his brother?
17:29He's disappeared.
17:30Ralph Schumacher.
17:31Is that him at the...
17:32No, it's not.
17:33Ralph Schumacher's disappeared.
17:34Can't see him.
17:35And he's lost his nose.
17:36So, Ralph Schumacher pointing the wrong way down the race track.
17:39He's on.
17:40He's now back into the chicane.
17:41Comes in.
17:42And what a clumsy race he's had.
17:44And look.
17:45This will start with Michael having a go at Demata.
17:47Who for the first time this afternoon, somebody covers the line.
17:51And so close was Ralph to hitting the back of his brother.
17:54Had to take avoiding action.
17:56Michael, I do not think will be penalized for cutting the chicane.
18:00He did not gain a position or save a position.
18:03And Ralph then, his heart must have been in his mouth.
18:05He so nearly took his brother out of the Grand Prix.
18:09Pointing at a barrier.
18:10And is this Michael having a go at Ralph?
18:13And missing the apex.
18:14Missing the chicane.
18:15And only just missing his brother.
18:17Won't be the first time they've run into each other either.
18:20No, they managed to avoid each other for a year or two now.
18:23But my profile.
18:24We're looking at an empty track.
18:26Montoya looks at the inside, the outside, every side.
18:29He'll have to go over the top through.
18:30No, he's going to find his way through.
18:32He can't find his way through.
18:33What an amazing defensive drive once again from Fernando Alonso.
18:37And Barrichello dived alongside Ralph.
18:40I wonder if he got him just across the start-finish line.
18:43Well, the computer says he doesn't.
18:44Showing Michael Schumacher in front of Barrichello.
18:47Which is interesting.
18:48We'll have to have a look at that again.
18:49Yeah, it looks like.