Michael Schumacher GP2 test pictures

Schumacher starts GP2 test (Pictures)

January 12, 2010 at 10:12 am by Keith Collantine

Michael Schumacher testing a GP2 car at Jerez

Michael Schumacher has begun his three-day test in a GP2 car as he prepares for his return to F1 later this year.

Schumacher, who turned 41 last week, is driving at the Jerez circuit in Spain between now and Thursday. Here’s the first pictures from his test.

Michael Schumacher GP2 test pictures

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 1

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 2

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 2

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 2

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 2

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 2

: Michael Schumacher GP2 test day 2

: Michael Schumacher with Andrew Shovlin

: Michael Schumacher with Andrew Shovlin and Peter Bonnington

Michael Schumacher’s F1 comeback

Images (C) Malcolm Griffiths/GP2 Media

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60 comments on Schumacher starts GP2 test (Pictures)

Paul F said on 12th January 2010, 10:19

Red helmet. Contraversial!

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- Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 12th January 2010, 10:21
  
  Ah but with a three-pointed star on top. Conflicted!
  
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  - ajokay said on 12th January 2010, 10:36
    
    It doesn’t look right. Surely he won’t keep his Ferrari Red helmet whilst at Mercedes.
    
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    - pawelf1 said on 12th January 2010, 11:49
      
      Hope he will change this red to blue like before 2000 i loved that helmet
      
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      - Ads21 said on 12th January 2010, 12:43
        
        Yer I think he’ll reveal a new helmet at the car launch, he’s just keeping us wating.
      - Damon said on 12th January 2010, 15:18
        
        Yeah!!!
        I entered this article with the aim of pointing that out!
        
        I never accepted the stupid all-red design.
- Forza 27 said on 13th January 2010, 16:38
  
  I hope his 2010 helmet will be have the horizontal German flag & blue top as it was from the early days until Monaco 2000. I regard this helmet design as simple and elegant and way better than all these red late versions with Chinese dragons and stuff.
  
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HG said on 12th January 2010, 10:20

still got the old helmet style, i wonder if he will change it for the start of the season?

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- HG said on 12th January 2010, 10:22
  
  oh i see it better now. red with merc symbol, duh :)
  
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- Fixy (@fixy) said on 12th May 2011, 20:58
  
  No he won’t.
  
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joe said on 12th January 2010, 10:27

this has to be the most exciting pre season to F1 in a long time.

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Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 12th January 2010, 10:29

The GP2 series on Twitter have posted some more pictures including this one of the timing screen: http://twitpic.com/xrzmb

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- bluehammer said on 12th January 2010, 14:59
  
  1:39.419
  
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olly j said on 12th January 2010, 10:40

do we know if he is on the pace? what is a quick time for gp2??

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- djdaveyp said on 12th January 2010, 10:46
  
  This is Michael Schumacher were talking about, give him a few laps and he’ll be on the pace.
  
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  - gabal said on 12th January 2010, 11:26
    
    This is completely new gp2 car – I don’t know is there any previous laptime to compare with.
    
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  - Fixy (@fixy) said on 12th May 2011, 21:00
    
    Give him two years and he’s still off the pace.
    
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Xanathos said on 12th January 2010, 11:02

Great, he keeps his red helmet!!!
I don’t like drivers switching their helmet designs like their underpants (Hello S. Vettel, F. Alonso….), the helmet is something that identifies the driver and should onnly be changed in exceptional circumstances. Schumacher only changed it in 2000 to avoid confusion with Rubens’ helmet.
But one-off designs, e.g. for home GPs, are OK in my opinion.

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- Macca said on 12th January 2010, 11:15
  
  I think what Nick Heidfeld Did for charity last year was ok aswell.
  
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- Prisoner Monkeys said on 12th January 2010, 11:35
  
  Great, he keeps his red helmet!!!
  
  I don’t think he will in the actual season. Right now, he’s focused on getting back into his A-game. The design of his helmet is a secondary consideration.
  
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- Bullfrog said on 12th January 2010, 11:35
  
  Hope he keeps it, he’ll be easy to spot. Might help him too when the driver in front sees that in the mirrors, like Ayrton Senna or Hamilton’s yellow helmets.
  
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  - Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 12th January 2010, 12:06
    
    I was about to make a very similar comment until I realised you already had!
    
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- Adrian said on 12th January 2010, 11:43
  
  Totally agree. I could just about get on board with Jenson’s Brawn-ified helmet lest year, but really hope he goes back to his old red-white-blue design now he’s with McLaren…
  
  Actually my all time favourite drivers helmet is the one used by Graham and Damon Hill…I think purely because of its simplicity and the fact that father and son both used the same design. (Helped that they were British)
  
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  - Xanathos said on 12th January 2010, 12:23
    
    Yeah. simple helmet designs are the best. I also liked DC’s helmet.
    I think I read somewhere that JB’s and RB’s “Brawn-ified” helmets were initially supposed to be one-offs for Melbourne, but for some reason they kept them for most of the season.
    
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    - Adrian said on 12th January 2010, 12:49
      
      I think because they started winning!! Funny isn’t it how Jenson’s winning streak ending seemed to coincide with when he made a change to his helmet…
      
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  - Accidental Mick said on 12th January 2010, 13:39
    
    Graham Hill’s helmet was based on the cap of the London Rowing Club for whom he rowed stroke.
    
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    - David A said on 12th January 2010, 16:17
      
      And Damon’s design was the same as his father’s!
      
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- José Baudaier said on 12th January 2010, 21:37
  
  I also agree with you, the helmet is part of the driver’s identity. It shouldn’t be changed every week.
  
  And speaking of helmets, I once had a excel’s chart game where you had to name the owners of several f1 driver’s helmets. Don’t know if this game have already been around the site, but if I manage to find it again I’ll post it.
  
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  - José Baudaier said on 12th January 2010, 23:31
    
    Here it is, have fun guys, let’s see who gets the 100 drivers first:
    
    http://colunas.sportv.com.br/files/197/theme/Vanepops5.xls
    
    Note that you need to insert the driver’s full name, e.g., “Ayrton Senna”, not only “Senna”.
    
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Gabor said on 12th January 2010, 11:21

a quick time in jerez for gp2 is about: 1:26:300

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- sato113 said on 12th January 2010, 13:32
  
  from the picture of the timing screen, schumi did either a 1:30 or a 1:38. can’t see properly…
  
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George said on 12th January 2010, 11:34

Man that is going to clash with the grey

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- Chalky said on 12th January 2010, 12:10
  
  As Keith states, this is exactly what he should keep. I think it looks great and will only assist him when he comes up on back markers.
  
  Of course if you want your opponent to have problems seeing you then you can try a black car. Jackie Stewart complained to Emerson Fittipaldi that he could not see the JPS Lotus 72 in his mirrors as it was mainly all black.
  
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  - George said on 12th January 2010, 13:51
    
    That’s kind of ironic considering Jackie drove dark blue cars for most of his career
    
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ajokay said on 12th January 2010, 11:38

Bit of a grey day in southern Spain today then. At least it’s not snowing.

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AndrewT said on 12th January 2010, 12:06

thanks for the images!

however, these are obviously radically lower quality pictures, than the ones this site used to represent.

have those recent copyright issues something to do with that?

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- Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 12th January 2010, 12:09
  
  No it’s to do with site performance, I’m trying out some different image optimisation techniques.
  
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  - Becken said on 12th January 2010, 13:27
    
    Are you resaving those images in a jpeg with “quality 8″ in Photoshop? This can compact even more the image and keep its original size and quality…
    
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David said on 12th January 2010, 12:21

I hope he keeps the red too. Consider as a legacy of Ferrari great epic deeds.

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David said on 12th January 2010, 13:17

Why do GP2 cars look more like F1 cars than F1 cars?

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- sato113 said on 12th January 2010, 13:34
  
  true. and gp2 cars still have less downforce/ better overtaking without having stupid looking wings.
  
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MarkG said on 12th January 2010, 14:38

Maybe it’s just me, but whenever I see a picture of Schumi, his head doesn’t look like it is on straight.

Could this be the secret to why he is so fast?

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wasiF1 said on 12th January 2010, 14:44

The new kid in the grid is having an early start in the 2010 season.

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bluehammer said on 12th January 2010, 15:01

1:39.419. record is 1:38.2

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