Simoncelli was killed in the MotoGP race in Malaysia last weekend when he lost
control of his bike and slid into the path of two approaching riders.
“To have total safety – that is impossible,” Schumacher said.
“I don’t think when we drive we are thinking about putting ourselves in
danger. When we push our cars to the limit, that is what we feel comfortable
with.”
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, a two-time world champion, said watching such
accidents “doesn’t affect you when you’re driving. It affects you during the
week – it was very sad days.”
“When you are driving, when you close the visor, you don’t think about the
risk,” Alonso said. “The love and adrenaline you have when you are driving
blocks out the risk.
“The Dan accident I saw the replay, on the news, and I was shocked for two or
three days. For Marco, it was live, I was watching the race. I did not
believe – Sunday and Monday still – that this had happened.”