# @motorsport.images on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLmfYGdoPoD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32068416-motorsportimages-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/56f3a65d8b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-02T10:05:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Motorsport Images (@motorsport.images) — https://gondola.cc/motorsport.images

## Caption

The start of a bruising run of races for championship leader Michael Schumacher, On This Day 25 years ago.

Ferrari team tactics early on in the French Grand Prix saw pole-sitter Schumacher sprint away while teammate Rubens Barrichello held up McLaren's David Coulthard, but a loss of tyre performance after Schumacher's first stop meant he fell back into the clutches of Coulthard, who received some robust defending - and made his feelings clear about it! 🖕

Coulthard passed Schumacher later in the stint, and despite a litany of mechanical issues severely limiting his running time across the weekend, he won the race comfortably, leading a McLaren 1-2. And Schumacher? Retired with engine failure. 😬
 
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