Schumi Jr Returns To The Back Of The Grid

Ralf didnt leave F1 on good terms, having been virtually forced out of the game, he announced he was going to be racing in the DTM series for Mercedes. Not much was heard about him after that, its not suprising since his off track demeanors raised brows and his on-track performance for Toyota equaled that of a GP2 driver. It seems his driving skills are yet to return after a dismal showing at the DTM season opener.

In the DTM season opener at Hockenheim, Ralf came in fourteenth place, well behind returning champion Mattias Ekstrom’s new Audi A4 racer and that of team-mate Timo Scheider, completing a one-two finish for Ingolstadt. Ralf-boosters can blame the unfamiliarity of the C-Class race car which he was driving, but the track itself should have been familiar territory for the flunked-out former F1 driver. Compare that with his brother Michael who’s been burning rubber and taking names on motorcycles altogether and it becomes all that much clearer who wears the racing overalls in the Schumacher family.