Autoblog (via Motorcycle News ) is reporting that seven-time F1 champ Michael Schumacher is to race a Honda CBR1000RR superbike this weekend at the IDM International German Motorbike Championship.
The relationship between motorcycle racing and car racing is nothing new. Many former bike racers, John Surtees and Mike Hailwood just to name two, all went on to become great car racers. What's unusual here is we have one of the best car racers ever going on to race a bike, which is the other way around...
Full story here and here.
UPDATE: Schumacher skids onto a gravel pit and fails to finish. Story here.
UPDATE: Schumacher skids onto a gravel pit and fails to finish. Story here.
estreka says:
12:05 PM, 05/17/08
No doubt he'll be competitive, but why?
rsholland says:
12:39 PM, 05/17/08
Maybe he likes bikes?
rick8365 says:
12:20 PM, 05/18/08
Isn't he a tad tall? I don't remember his height (too lazy to go look too) but he seems a bit lanky to run one of these bikes and be at all competitive. I could be way off - just my take on it.
estreka says:
01:44 PM, 05/18/08
I'm reminded of the time Michael Jordan left the NBA for the MLB.
rsholland says:
02:01 PM, 05/18/08
MJ is also into sport bikes and motorcycle racing. In fact he's got a bike race team.
http://www.automotiverhythms.com/bikerhythms/br_mjandsuperbikes.php
http://www.23race.com/
ateixeira says:
08:43 AM, 05/19/08
"prove myself" by DNFing?