31-Jul-08: McLaren Confirm Kovalainen for 2009
This is F1 Minute and it’s the 31st July 2008.
McLaren have today confirmed that Heikki Kovalainen will be partnering Lewis Hamilton in 2009, and everyone is very happy about it. Kovalainen says he’s ready to commit to McLaren and hopes that he can stay there for the rest of his career. Hamilton is pleased with the improved atmosphere within the team, so he’s glad it will continue. Martin Whitmarsh said that Kovalainen is “a brilliant young racing driver” but they will still be working to “extract his full potential.”
Elsewhere today, Michael Schumacher has been involved in an incident in Kent, where the Fiat van he was driving hit a barrier and knocked over a man. Martin Kingham reported the incident and police arrived at the scene. They were at first suspicious of the driver’s claims to be the seven times World Champion, but with the help of some ID, they did confirm that it was indeed Michael Schumacher in the van. No one was hurt, details were exchanged, and the matter was dealt with swiftly. My question is, what was Schumacher doing in Kent in the first place?
That’s all for today, join me again tomorrow for another F1 Minute.
Christine on Thu, 31st Jul 2008 19:11
Can only find one source for this at the moment, but it may be that Schumacher was headed to a nearby airfield to pick up a private plane.
shaun on Mon, 4th Aug 2008 19:29
More to the point, what was he doing driving a Fiat van?. Maybe so as not to be conspicuous perhaps?.