BEYOND THE GRID: Bernd Schneider on nearly denying Michael Schumacher his F1 debut and being team mates with icons

For a driver who solely certified for 9 System 1 races in three seasons, German racing legend Bernd Schneider positive has some epic tales from his brief stint on the grid within the late 1980’s and early ‘90’s.

Talking to Tom Clarkson on the newest episode of Past The Grid, Schneider talks about how shut he got here to denying Michael Schumacher his F1 debut and the large contract Eddie Jordan supplied him to return to the game.

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Schneider – who went on to turn out to be a five-time DTM champion with Mercedes-Benz after his F1 profession completed – additionally reveals how he was almost partly chargeable for Mercedes pulling out of all motorsport after their automobile flipped a number of occasions at Le Mans in 1999.