Formula one: Bahrain circuit honours Schumacher

Schumacher is to have the first corner of Bahrain’s Formula One circuit named after him.

BAHRAIN:

Seven times world champion Michael Schumacher, still in a coma in a French hospital after a skiing accident in late December, is to have the first corner of Bahrain’s Formula One circuit named after him.

“From his first appearance in 2004, he immediately became an inspiration for all those who love motorsport in the Kingdom and it is therefore natural for us to recognise him in this way,” Bahrain International Circuit chairman Zayed al Zayani said in a statement on Sunday.

The German legend won the inaugural Bahrain race in 2004 and also advised on the design of the Formula One circuit.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 3^rd, 2014.

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