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Article: Ralf Schumacher Doesn't Stop for AnyoneGerman Grand Prix / Brad Spurgeon
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- International Herald Tribune
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- July 30, 2001
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Brad Spurgeon
International Herald Tribune
07-30-2001
At the end of the race, was Michael Schumacher giving his brother Ralf the thumbs-up or was he thumbing a ride?Ralf said he didn't even see his older brother at the end of the track, near the forest, as he drove his victory lap and began to deal with the emotion of becoming only the second German driver to win the German Grand Prix. The man standing at the spot where his race had ended was the first. ''Had I seen him,'' Ralf said, ''I would have stopped and given him a ride. But he got a ride in anyway.'' If Michael had won at Hockenheim he would have joined Alain Prost in the record books with the most career victories, 51. But, once ...