Aces taught football lesson

The drivers found themselves 5-1 down at half time, when the Brazilians took pity on them and split the teams up, helping the drivers back to a 5-5 draw in which Schumacher scored twice.

Schumacher said: "It was pretty obvious after the first couple of minutes that we were in trouble. I said to some of our better players, like Fernando [Alonso], who likes attacking, that we might as well forget about that. Basically nobody likes to defend too much, but that's what we were going to be doing!"

Jarno Trulli said: "In the first half I think it was better to just stop and watch them. It was amazing and they were joking with us. It was unbelievable to see how they played. Most of them don't even play anymore but they are unbelievably fit and strong.

"It was a bit embarrassing at one stage to be honest. I think I'm fit, but...and they can do things which you are never going to be able to achieve. If they wanted, you would never even touch the ball."

Felipe Massa added: "It was funny because when I was a young child I wondered whether perhaps I could be a footballer. Now I have the answer..."

The drivers' lesson raised €33,000 for the Ayrton Senna Foundation, administered by the late driver's sister, Viviane.