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Stefano Domenicali: Schumacher never blamed the team

Former Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has revealed what once made Michael Schumacher so powerful. Most prominent was his connection to the team.

Stefano domenicali is at Ferrari worked with Michael Schumacher. Today's business director Lamborghini was between 1991 and 2014 with a team from Maranella performed various tasks, most recently being team leader. During this time, s Schumacher between 2000 and 2004 he won five consecutive championship titles. In the podcast Beyond Victory od Nice Robserga, betrayed what made Michael so special.

According to Stefan Domenicali, Michael was not only an exceptional racer, but also a man

"He was an amazing man when he won the championship with us at Ferrari for so many years in a row,”Remembers the Italian and exposes above all Schumacher's character. “He never blamed the team for any problem,”Issued Sundays and emphasizes: "In doing so, however, he had the opportunity to do so. I remember in 1999 when he crashed into a guardrail in Silverstone and broke his leg in the process,”So the 54-year-old Italian. At the time, there was a brake problem that caused this accident. “But we never heard anything negative about it. He never said the team made a mistake."

Michael Schumacher left nothing to chance

Also in other situations Schumacher he never spoke ill of the team. With that, he managed to make the whole team stand even more firmly behind him. Another important point, however, was Schumacher accuracy. “He was never satisfied”He remembers Sundays. He always analyzed in detail how they could improve - both he and the team.

Nico Rosberg talks to Domenicali about Schumacher in his podcast Beyond Victory

"Together with the engineers, he introduced various switches on the steering wheel to get the most out of the brake balance and other settings that racers still use today,He added Sundays. By word of mouth Schumacher at the end of 2006, is Ferrari managed to win the title only once more. It's been years 2007 brought Kimi Raikkonen, and from then on v Maranello government drought.

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