Ferrari Says Schumacher Not the Driver of Crashed F430 Prototype

Michael Schumacher and son Mick in F430 Scuderia prototype / CarPix

By Brian Potter
July 30, 2008 5:00 PM
Filed Under: European, Ferrari, Rumours, Spy Photos

Following up on yesterdays Nurburgring photos of the Ferrari F430 Scuderia prototype that crashed with retired seven time Formula One World Champion, Michael Schumacher, at the helm, have been denied by Ferrari.

Ferrari spokesman, Luca Colajanni, strongly asserts that Schumacher was indeed in the car, but as a passenger while road car test driver Raffaele de Simone was driving the car at the time of the crash. "It is normal that test drivers swap seats to compare opinions," he is quoted by Bild newspaper, despite eyewitness reports identifying Schumacher as the actual driver.

These eyewitness reports, although understandable, could easily be misguided since Schumacher was driving the circuit with his son Mick prior to the accident. Closer look of the photos published yesterday confirm Mick as a passenger by showing the silhouette of a young boy in the passenger seat.

Source: F1-Live.com

Comments

smokeonit1
July 30, 2008 5:31 PM
i think it's unforgivable to have a 9 year old in the co-driver seat without helmet nor seat belt...

i hope this has consequences...

Murcielago2006
July 30, 2008 5:54 PM
Shutup already, its his son and he is an F1 champ, he knows whats best for his son. Anyway the kid wasn't in the car at the time of the crash.

radmeister
July 30, 2008 5:59 PM
He probably took his son for a relaxed lap around the track and then went with the other test driver for a real lap.

GranTurismo
July 30, 2008 6:15 PM
I told you Schumi did'nt do it. That too in a Ferrari!!!

pscs
July 30, 2008 6:22 PM
Who's that kid?

Tuner_Mad
July 30, 2008 6:33 PM
It'll still buff out.

Damn, how could they take a kid out in a Ferrari around the 'ring? It's got dangerous turns, and it can be packed some days.

Joe_Limon
July 30, 2008 11:18 PM
tight turns, fast speeds yes, but no on the packed days, Ferrari rented out the ring so they were the only ones on it.

Sammy_R-Gti
July 30, 2008 6:56 PM
what i wanna know is why are they testing the scuderia ???? is thier a new one coming out or sumthing

Nurchus
July 30, 2008 7:59 PM
Because the new California is such a Piece of Animal dung, that Schumy got tired of trying to make the car look good with him driving it.

Cheers!

Tuner_Mad
July 30, 2008 8:07 PM
Since that Cali was a piece of 'dung' why didn't he crash that instead?

radmeister
July 31, 2008 6:11 PM
Because it was too slow to crash LOL

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