By Greig Murray
July 20 2002

Today’s qualifying at Magny-Cours for the French GP was a thrilling spectacle. Michael Schumacher had fun, and the fact that he failed to match Juan Pablo Montoya’s time by just 23 hundredths of a second was not enough to dent his good mood.

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“The fight for the top slot was really tight, as usual in fact and the race will be just the same,” said Michael Schumacher. “We will wait and see what happens tomorrow. I can’t say I felt anything special about today’s session, because I have a chance of taking the title tomorrow. I will race to win and then we will see what happens.”

Asked if track conditions deteriorated as the temperature rose, Michael replied: “As we can see, the time improved throughout the session, which means the rise in temperature did not have a negative effect. However, we must wait and see what the weather brings tomorrow.”

Michael was also asked if his daughter Gina Maria had once again given him a lucky charm to help him take the title. “I don’t think my daughter knows I can become World Champion tomorrow,” he replied. “But I can tell you she normally crosses her fingers for me during the races. She will be doing it as usual tomorrow.”

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