Michael Schumacher has said that with all the new regulations in-place, that overtaking has become “basically impossible” and “That is the action we are going to have with this kind of environment of race strategy.”
Speaking to the BBC, the seven-time world champion aired his doubts on the regulation changes made by the sports governing body for the 2010 season and admitted that tyre management has never been his strong point.
“The new rules with the tyres that everybody has to cope with – I struggle a little bit with those,” admitted Schumacher.
“But after three years I guess it’s natural you have to find your way into new bits and pieces.”
Schumacher will also be concerned that his team-mate, fellow German, Nico Rosberg, managed to hold him off all weekend in Bahrain finishing the race in fifth, one place ahead of the 41-year old.
Schumacher, however, wasn’t the only driver making his concerns over the new regulations known. When asked to comment on the re-fuelling ban, 2008 champion, Lewis Hamilton said, “You start with fuel, you do one stop and it’s pretty much a train all the way.”
This sentiment was echoed by many of the drivers with Alonso saying, “With no refuelling, it will be difficult to see any overtaking, so after the first lap the positions will be set.”
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