Length: 5.148km
Number of Laps: 60 (308.863 Km)
Best Lap: M. Schumacher - 1'29''469 (2004, Ferrari)
Record Pole: M. Schumacher - 1'28''351 (2004, Ferrari)
2004 Pole: M. Schumacher - 1'28''351 (Ferrari)
2004 Podium: M. Schumacher - R. Barrichello - J. Button

Q: Is the change in qualifying going to be good or bad for you?
Michael Schumacher: Put it this way, even if it is bad, it is only bad once, not twice any more!

Q: So, in a way that is good, in a way that's an improvement.
Michael Schumacher: Yeah.

Q: You came under fire from both Rubens and your brother after the Monaco Grand Prix, is there more to say on that or is it all said?
Michael Schumacher: It is all over. I mean, Ralf and myself had a nice chat about it. It is racing.

Q: Michael, no doubt you will have already read or heard that Liverpool won the champions league last night after being 3-0 down. Does that give you any hope in the situation that you find yourself in that in sport anything can happen?
Michael Schumacher: I think you want to upset the Italians, mentioning again Liverpool won. Yeah, quite clearly, yesterday shows as well that you have to fight to the last moment.

Q: Michael, after the race at Imola a fan jumped over the wall at the Variante Alta and ran towards you with a flag. The same thing happened here at the Nürburgring in 2001 and that was a positive thing. The negative moments came in Hockenheim in 2000 and Silverstone 2003 where in fact a fan who was trying to ruin the race helped Ferrari win. Are you afraid that some day someone will deliberately try to destroy your race?
Michael Schumacher: No, I hope not. You never know what goes on in the minds of people, but it has happened twice in a negative way. Actually, normally in the past fans would run onto the track after the race had finished, 20 years ago or 15 years ago. Now they don't. To talk about the two obstacles, I guess safety and security systems have been improved to avoid that happening.

Q: Why didn't you pick up the Ferrari flag at Imola?
Michael Schumacher: We are not allowed to. The rules forbid us to stop and take any stuff because we could literally take weight off the car.

Q: Michael, Rubens complained that you overtook him in the last race on the last lap. What do you have to say?
Michael Schumacher: Yeah, it's true. I did. It is racing and I mean, if you see the situation in general, you have a race, you are tired, you have emotions, when you think about it and you see the race you may think differently. I haven't seen him today but I spoke to him on Monday because it was his birthday. He was pretty relaxed. He is Brazilian, anyway, you should know, he is a bit more temperamental.

Q: Michael and Ralf, in the German press there has been this brother war going on the last four days. What do you think about it all?
Michael Schumacher: Honestly, I think we are both very highly competitive race drivers, we fight on the circuit, everyone for his own interest, in a way for his team. But you never forget it is your brother, and you love your brother. You finish the race, you may have some more emotions, but it doesn't really matter. At the end of the day, it is your brother, your blood, and everything that has been written in these silly newspapers at this moment, if you know each other, if you would know us two then you know it is 'BS'.

Q: Michael, Ralf has been saying a few times now at this press conference that you have to take a decision in a few tenths of a second and it might not be the right one. Did you feel that the decision to fight for position that late in the race with your brother was the right one, or do you think it might have been taken a little quickly, and as Ralf says, it might not have been the right one?
Michael Schumacher: Listen, I think we both said that we have to race each other. It is racing, maybe we might disagree on certain points of view but it's pretty natural. We are both very competitive, we have our opinions and I think we have to have our opinions. But to now make a detailed fuss about it, and 'he has said this little word there and he has done this little thing there.' Let's be serious and stop the idiot business and let's continue again with the normal stuff.

Q: Michael, here at the Nürburgring back in 1957, Juan Manuel Fangio drove probably the best race of his life before he retired. Do you think you still need that last big win before, as Fangio would say 'now it's time for the youngsters?'
Michael Schumacher: No.

Q: Every one has been a big win.
Michael Schumacher: No, but each one is different, each one is special in a different way. There are some which are more outstanding than others, but even a race like Monaco, I have to say I did enjoy it. It was a tough time, I was at the back and I had to fight my way back into position. I enjoy it but it doesn't always need to be the best race that you won. It is most likely to be, but it doesn't need to be.

Q: Last year the director of the Nürburgring circuit organised a show where the drivers took lucky fans for one lap around the circuit in the team's engine supplier's cars. This year, the show is going to be repeated, but again without the Ferrari drivers. Why are you not coming? I realise that this is more a question for your superiors.
Michael Schumacher: Yeah, I guess so. It is a commercial question, and I don't know what the commercial background is.