Will SchM succeed in his comeback?

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Originally Posted by ratonmacias

now after the brief essay please mention a top tier driver of their time to partner the chin.

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Eddie?

We still can never know about the teammates, maybe Michael made them look ordinary. We have to say that Irvine fought with Hakkinen till the very end of 1999 and while the Ferrari was the more reliable car, the McLaren was much faster.
I believe that Michael is the greatest ever driver, extremely fast and the best, by far, in his generation. He allied himself with teams who wanted very badly to win, they knew that he works better when he is team leader and arranged him that. This, in my opinion, proved to be the right choice, as evident from the results.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

We still can never know about the teammates, maybe Michael made them look ordinary. We have to say that Irvine fought with Hakkinen till the very end of 1999 and while the Ferrari was the more reliable car, the McLaren was much faster.
I believe that Michael is the greatest ever driver, extremely fast and the best, by far, in his generation. He allied himself with teams who wanted very badly to win, they knew that he works better when he is team leader and arranged him that. This, in my opinion, proved to be the right choice, as evident from the results.

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IRC in 1999 he fought Hakkinen up to the point he broke his legs.

Yes, he made them look ordinary otherwise they would have beaten the living daylights out of everybody (to quote Homer Simpson " btw, I was being sarcastic").

Greatest ever? why? because statistics prove it? statiscs would say that a man with legs on fire and head in the fridge is doing ok.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

Eddie?

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Dunno if there are stats ready anywhere, but I dont think MSc has lost many times in quali to his teammate? Does anyone know any better? I think Rubens beat him but only once or twice.

However, Schumi has lost to Nico every time! :)

Yeah, all 1 times.

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Originally Posted by Dzeidzei

Dunno if there are stats ready anywhere, but I dont think MSc has lost many times in quali to his teammate? Does anyone know any better? I think Rubens beat him but only once or twice.

However, Schumi has lost to Nico every time! :)

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From a quick glance at Wiki there's at least 15 times that Rubens outqualified Michael.

Ignoring all the BS, Michael was less than 4 seconds behind after a 3-year layoff. That says a lot when you consider Mansell at the same age at the 1994 Australian GP was 35 seconds behind Hill at mid-race before the collision.

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Originally Posted by eu

IRC in 1999 he fought Hakkinen up to the point he broke his legs.

Yes, he made them look ordinary otherwise they would have beaten the living daylights out of everybody (to quote Homer Simpson " btw, I was being sarcastic").

Greatest ever? why? because statistics prove it? statiscs would say that a man with legs on fire and head in the fridge is doing ok.

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Well, no need to be aggressive, but yes, I think that statistics prove it. I also have witnessed how the guy drives and in my opinion he is the best ever. I always had the feeling that he is outdoing his car - in the years when he lost to Williams and McLaren, in the years he dominated in Ferrari, always. I was never ever calm when he was against the drivers I supported and I was confident that he can do magic in the times I supported him. Maybe other people felt that way about other drivers in the years before Michael. These things are subjective. But for me, he is the best and the stats IMO are not hurting my opinion either.
And if he really loses to Rosberg this year, which I very much doubt, I think that it will be only because of age - this will prove once and for all the comebacks can never be truly successful. But I believe and hope that he will do his magic again and will beat Rosberg.

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Originally Posted by Malllen

From a quick glance at Wiki there's at least 15 times that Rubens outqualified Michael.

Ignoring all the BS, Michael was less than 4 seconds behind after a 3-year layoff. That says a lot when you consider Mansell at the same age at the 1994 Australian GP was 35 seconds behind Hill at mid-race before the collision.

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Rubens had his great days and is a lot better than some people give him credit for. Not many drivers could do a win like Germany 2000.

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Originally Posted by Malllen

From a quick glance at Wiki there's at least 15 times that Rubens outqualified Michael.

Ignoring all the BS, Michael was less than 4 seconds behind after a 3-year layoff. That says a lot when you consider Mansell at the same age at the 1994 Australian GP was 35 seconds behind Hill at mid-race before the collision.

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I would normally not say anything to support SchM; however, that 4 seconds is insignificant. First of all, the chances of overtaking Rosberg in a similar car would have been fraught with danger, as it could have ended up with both of them ending up off the track if they battled. This argument is supported by the way Mark Webber pursued Bunsen and often was less than a second behind - but the pass was never on.

So SchM did the sensible thing and backed off. He finished behind Rosberg but in front of the next guy, and that's all that mattered. Rosberg got his points and SchM got his points. Trying to divide the 4 seconds into the number of laps is not a sensible argument.