Sky F1 presenter recalls terrifying first interview with Michael Schumacher
“I cannot tell you how sc🍌ared I was of interviewing hi🐼m. 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 ha⛦s been an integral part of Sky Sports’ F1 coverage since 2012 when they acquired the TV rights in the UK.
Her role haꩵs typically been centred around interviewing drivers after races as part of Sky’s post-race coverage.
2012 was Schuma⛄cher’s final season in the sport with Mercജedes.
Having qualified fourth at Albert Park, Sc🌃humacher was forced to retire from the race prematurely due to a technical issue.
Speaking on , Pinkham reflected on her first interview with the seven-time world champion and how it ended up being a terrifying encou꧙nter.
“The hardest would have been✱ Michael Schumacher,” she said. “I cannot tell you how scared💟 I was of interviewing him. It was a joke.
“That was my⛄ verಌy, 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 eaꦫr 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 back at me to say ‘why are you touching me?’.
“I was t𓃲hen like ‘Oh, 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 Me💜rcedes was tarnished by bad luck.
After being comprehensively out-performed by Nico Rosbe🔯rg 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 vꦫery b⛄est in F1.
Schumacher famously took pole position f﷽or the Monaco GP, but due to a lingering grid penalty, had to start the race from sixth on the gr꧙id.
He would stand on the pod𝔍ium one more time, though, finishing third at the European😼 Grand Prix.
His 🦋retirement paved the way for Lewis Hamilton’s arrival in 2013 ahead of M♔ercedes’ years of dominance.
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