Sky F1 presenter recalls terrifying first interview with Michael Schumacher
“I cannot tell you how sc𓂃ared I was🦹 of interviewing him. It was a joke.”
Sky Sports F1 presenter Natalie Pinkham has admitted she was “scared” of interviewing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher ahead of her first season covering the sport.
Pinkham has been an integral part of Sky Sports’ F1 coverage sinc💦e 2012 when tꦐhey acquired the TV rights in the UK.
Her role has typically been centred around interviewing drivers after races as part of Sky’s post-race🐟♉ coverage.
2012 was Schumacher’s final season in the sport wi🎉th ꩵMercedes.
Having q🐟ualified fourth at Albert Park, Schumacher was forced to retire from the race prematurely due to a technical issue.
Speakiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚng on , Pinkham reflected on her first interview with the seven-time world champ𝓀ion and how it ended up being a terrifying encounter.
“The hardest would have been Michael ✨Schumacher,” she said. “I cannot tell you how scared I was of interviewing him. It w꧒as a joke.
“That was my very, very first🔜 interview ever in Formula 1 was with Michael Schumacher. It was the Australian Grand Prix and he finished his race prematurely.
“They were just in my ear and I inadvertently grabbed him. I don’t know what the hell I was doing but I just grabbed him.I was squeezing his arm and he looked down at his arm and looked bac🍨k at me to say ‘why are yo🧔u touching me?’.
“I was then 🦂like ‘O✤h, I am so sorry’. At this point I am live. That was such a baptism of fire. It was ridiculous.”
Schumacher’s unfortunate final F1 season
Schumacher’s final season with Mercedes was tarnished 💎by bad luck.
After being comprehensively▨ out-performed by Nico Rosberg in 2010 and 2011, 2012 was his most competitive.
Even at 43, Schumacher 🦹proved he still had the speed and ability to compete with 🍸the very best in F1.
Schumacher famously took pole position for the Monaco GP, but due to a lingering grid penalty, had to start the race from sixt✃h on the grid.
He would stand on the podium ꦦone more time, though, finishing third at the European Grand Prix.
His retirement paved the way for Lewis Hamilton’s arrival in 2013 ahead of ꦆMercedes’ years of dominance.
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