Schumacher shocks with lap times on Casey Stoner’s Ducati MotoGP bike
Michael Schumacher, the Ferrari Formula One Legend, stunned observers at the Valencia circuit by setting competitive lap times on the saddle of Casey Stoner’s championship-winning Ducati MotoGP bike. As a host of guest riders tested the grand prix machinery at the Spanish circuit following the conclusion of the 2007 season, the former formula one seven time world champion came close to just five seconds off Valencia winner Dani Pedrosa’s fastest lap (and new lap record) at the end of his 58-lap test.
The Seven-time Formula One world champion Schumacher clocked an incredible best lap of 1.37.89 in a special guest ride on Stoner’s GP7, just a fraction over 5 seconds off Repsol Honda rider Pedrosa’s lap time.
Making Schumacher’s times even more impressive was the fact that he wasn’t even using super powerful carbon brakes, preferring instead to run steel brakes normally used in MotoGP in the rain.
Schumacher insisted he had no desire to compete in a MotoGP race in the future, but said he was impressed with the way 22-year-old Australian Stoner won the title this year.
Also sampling 2007 MotoGP power at Valencia on Monday was another F1 legend, Gerhard Berger, together with former 500cc world champions Wayne Gardner, Kevin Schwantz and Alex Criville, reigning double AMA Superbike champion Ben Spies, BSB stars Michael Rutter and Tom Sykes, plus Trial riders Toni Bou and Laia Sanz.
Thats pretty impressive, the annoying thing about Schumacher is that he could probably get those lap times down and be very competitive with minimal practice.
Some people are just born for speed i guess!
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Yep this Schumi’s bike ride and his performances in the F1 testing last week just show that this guy still got it … Give him something that moves fast, he will drive (ride) it fast