Setting the scene for the Spanish Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher's references to 'safety cars' and 'raw eggs' were the talk of the Barcelona paddock on Thursday. Edd Straw sets the scene for the first European race of the F1 season, the Spanish Grand Prix
At the start of Schumacher's afternoon press briefing on the ground floor of the Mercedes 'motorhome', BBC TV commentator Ben Edwards asked the German a very rational question about the current philosophy of F1 towards tyres. He got short shrift, seemingly because Schumacher felt that Edwards had gone too hard, too soon on cold rubber.
"Usually, when you come to a race weekend, you don't start straight away with the race, you start with the warm-up, you start with the practice, qualifying and then you go to the race," said Schumacher. "Maybe you do the same in this press conference."
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