“Just being a mediocre driver has never been my ambition. That's not my style.”

—  Michael Schumacher

Schumacher (2006) cited in: " No pressure to quit insists Schumacher http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-405020/No-pressure-quit-insists-Schumacher.html" Daily Mail UK, 13 September 2006

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