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17 June 2006

Schumacher 30th on Forbes Celebrity 100

Michael Schumacher was listed 30th on Forbes, The Celebrity 100 list released by Forbes. Although its a step down for Schumi who was ranked 17th in 2005 beat David Beckham and other top stars. The year’s biggest winners were the entertainment stalwarts with Tom Cruise still reigning supreme at the box office and on Forbes list. Keifer Sutherland appears this year at No. 67 as a result of the incredible success of his Fox television series, 24. He reportedly inked a $40 million contract to play Agent Jack Bauer for at least three more seasons.

To generate the list, we used a combination of factors including income, Web references as calculated by Google (nasdaq: GOOG – news – people ), press clips as compiled by Lexis/Nexis, TV/radio mentions from Factiva and the number of times a celebrity’s face has appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines. Earnings estimates are for June 2005 to June 2006 and are dollars earned solely from entertainment income. Management, agent and attorney fees have not been deducted.

Check out the Slideshow of the list on forbes website.

10 June 2006

Schumacher will remain the President & Director of GPDA

Michael Schumacher will remain as the President and Director of Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA) following a half-hour meeting on Friday afternoon between the members of the GPDA closed ranks. The meeting, which took place behind closed doors in Silverstone’s paddock, was concluded without a major incident and the details of the meeting were not revealed.

Coulthard, a fellow GPDA director, said

I don’t want to say too much about what the discussion was, but we are still represented by the three main Directors. I think it was a good meeting, It was good to clear the air over the ‘he said, she said’ of the last two weeks. Everyone is unanimous in that we are together and that we want to move forward and Michael is a major player in that.

I think it’s time to put an end to this Schumi’s issue and concentrate on the rest of the season.

29 May 2006

Justice on the track

I liked this front page of ferrari.com and I thought I will share it with you. I cant link to that page as it is in flash, but I got a picture of that.

I would like to point out at a couple of remarks made on Schumacher in the FIA post-race press conference – Monaco too.

Q: (Dan Knutson, National Speed Sport News) For Fernando, at the end of the race, Michael set the fastest lap. How difficult do you think the race would have been if he had been on pole?

FA: I don’t know, but he was not in pole and I don’t think about what the others are doing from the back and I don’t see the times also from Monteiro and Albers. It doesn’t matter and well done to them for the fastest laps.#.

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29 May 2006

Monaco GP: 2006

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Fernando Alonso won an eventful Monaco Grand Prix yesterday, extending his lead in the world championship to 21 points. It was his first triumph in the Principality. (more…)

28 May 2006

Schumacher is stripped of pole position

I havent watched the qualifying live but read the news and waited for the official announcement from the stewards. According to their report, Michael Schumacher will start from the back of the grid for the Monaco Grandprix after stewards decided that he blocked the track in the final minutes of qualifying, preventing others from beating his time. Schumacher appeared to lock his brakes and then run wide as he entered the final Rascasse corner in the dying moments of the session. The former champion regained control without hitting the barriers, but came to a halt with his stalled car partially blocking the circuit, forcing other drivers to slow down. Schumacher was on provisional pole at that time. (more…)

14 May 2006

Schumacher and Ferrari on 2nd row at Catalunya

Schumacher and Ferrari, dominant all weekend to date swept the second row while Renault secures the front row at Circuit de Catalunya. Alonso celebrated his second successive Pole position and first at his home race with his team mate Fisi grabbing the second spot on the front row. Schumacher now has a real fight in his hands, but his 248 F1 does seem to have a straight line speed advantage here in 2006 Spanish Grand Prix. So, the scene is set for another epic duel between Ferrari and Renault.

In other news Schumacher announced on Thursday that he could delay his decision to continue with Ferrari or quit the sport until the end of the year and Ferrari is quite happy to wait until the end of the season. Technical director Ross Brawn thinks someone of the magnitude of Michael gets as much time as he wants and we have to work around it. This news could mean that Schumacher is still considering retiring, and after two-straight wins he has the form to win this year’s championship. What will be better than for the Ferrari legend to go out than by securing an eighth title?.

13 May 2006

Actor Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher will be making a new kind of debut during the Monaco Grand prix weekend after 15 years of his Formula one debut. Schumi’s voice will be heard in a new animation movie CARS from Pixar, where he plays a cameo role as himself. The legends of the silver screen and world of motorsport like Paul Newman, Richard Petty, Mario Andretti, Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr join Schumacher in the cast of CARS.

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Schumacher’s first acting experience behind a microphone in his own words.

“When I first heard about this project, I was obviously hesitating as I am not at all good in acting or pretending I am somebody else, and as I have never done anything like this before. But on the other side, the story was so nice and the whole setting seemed so appealing.”

“So we thought: okay, why not try, let’s just go and try it. It was quite difficult doing this, but at the same time it was a lot of fun as it was a totally new experience. And trying new things is always worth it.”

“We had to stop several times, especially when I did the languages other than German and English, but in the end I hope it will come across well and the people will like it. For sure, it was a very interesting and funny thing to do.”.

Disney is on track to unwrap Pixar’s CARS on may 26th at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina with first ever multi-screen digital cinema premiere.#

Full length trailer for Pixar’s CARS

07 May 2006

Schumacher and Ferrari does it again

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Schumacher and Ferrari did it again in style in the European GrandPrix at Nurburgring. Its almost a replica of the season opener where Schumacher led the race from the start and lost the position to Alonso during the second pitstops. The main difference here at Nurburgring is Ferrari is faster almost all the race and the Renault just holded them untill the second pitstops. But a superb drive from Schumacher saw him crossing the line with a comfortable margin. (more…)

06 May 2006

Can Ferrari win again at Nurburgring

Michael Schumacher and Felippe Massa are 2nd and 3rd in Nurburgring Qualifying, the European Grandprix. While Alonso grabbed the pole position, the Ferraris certianly look stronger here. Schumi was the fastest in the morning practice and looked all set to grab the pole untill the final laps. Looks like championship leader Fernando Alonso has urged Renault to give him a pole-winning strategy and got it while his team mate, Fisichella was out of final ten for the second succesive race. Unlike Alonso, however, Schumacher does not overly prize Pole Position and said strategy is so much more important. So, if Alonso is on less fuel, Ferrari and Schumi will have a good chance of winning the European Grandprix at Nurburgring. Schumi has already won 4 times at his home grandprix, Nurburgring and I hope he will do it again.

24 April 2006

Brilliant Schumi and Ferrari Victorious at Imola

Michael Schumacher won the San Marino Grand Prix after withstanding the pressure from Championship leader Fernando Alonso in the second half of the race. While Schumacher took the chequered flag, it really was a case of a race lost for Renault as much as a race won for Ferrari. The result was Schumacher’s 85th Grand Prix success, the first competitive win since Suzuka 2004. Michael Schumacher ended the Renault’s winning streak, holding off the fast charging Renault of Fernando Alonso for almost final 26 laps. (more…)