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Ex-racer gets Stuck into Schumacher

Wednesday 13th August 2008

Ralf Schumacher may have lost his place in Formula 1, but that does not mean he is exempt from criticism.

Former Grand Prix driver Hans-Joachim Stuck has slammed Schumacher and praised his replacement at Toyota - Timo Glock.

"In once sentence: Timo's strengths were Ralf's weaknesses," Stuck told the Cologne newspaper The Express.

"Timo is a substantially harder and more consistent worker," the German explained. "It's not just between Friday to Sunday; he lives, thinks and dreams F1, as his bosses such as Dieter Gas tell me.

"He is fully integrated with the team, communicating with everyone -- even in his spare time. He has chosen to live in Cologne, to be near the team," Stuck added.

Stuck's criticism of Schumacher's mediocrity is somewhat surprising since his F1 career is far from memorable.

In 81 grands prix the 57-year-old accumulated a mere 29 points, which happens to be exactly 300 less than Ralf scored in his decade-long career.