Donkey of the race

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Originally Posted by F1boat

No. He was exploring the team.

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Ahhhh, ok :) :s mokin:

lol ;)

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Originally Posted by F1boat

but when he was put into the role of a 2nd driver, like in the end of 1999, he duly obeyed. And for me his reaction now is enough - he handles losing well.

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It was not that simple. Schumi cared most about fighting WDC for himself. Initially he was reluctant to return as #2 role and it was Todt who had to persuade Schumi to play the team game.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Indeed, I remember reading an article where LdM phoned Michael while he was still signed off and Michaels son answered the phone. When Luca asked where Michael was, his son declared that he was in the shower after playing football.. Luca flew into a rage and demanded he drive in the remaining races of the 1999 season or he wouldn't be driving for Ferrari in 2000, and Todt was left to do abit of relationship repair work.. :p

I have a feeling that was a Business F1 article so a little bit of salt is needed.. Funny story though.. :)

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It was Schumachers daughter who was 3 years old at that time. Surely at three years of age she could speak english freely. So I reckon Luca was just speaking crap.

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Originally Posted by wedge

Martin Brundle claims Schumi tried to take him off the track in Hungary 1992 because Brundle could beat Schumi on occasions.

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Let's claim something, maybe we can do better than Brundle!

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Originally Posted by henners88

Indeed, I remember reading an article where LdM phoned Michael while he was still signed off and Michaels son answered the phone. When Luca asked where Michael was, his son declared that he was in the shower after playing football.. Luca flew into a rage and demanded he drive in the remaining races of the 1999 season or he wouldn't be driving for Ferrari in 2000, and Todt was left to do abit of relationship repair work.. :p

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That's a fishy story especially that Mercedes were trying to get MS drive a McLaren in 2000, so MS could have told LDM to go do something in a dark place.

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Originally Posted by wedge

It was not that simple. Schumi cared most about fighting WDC for himself. Initially he was reluctant to return as #2 role and it was Todt who had to persuade Schumi to play the team game.

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Let's be honest, not many of us would accept 2nd level status without lot of persuasion and sweetening.

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Originally Posted by ioan

That's a fishy story especially that Mercedes were trying to get MS drive a McLaren in 2000, so MS could have told LDM to go do something in a dark place.

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Well James Allen used it for his book, 'Michael Schumacher - Edge of Greatness'.

Oh, and before you accuse of being a trolling journalist he is a Schumi lover who written another book, concluded on his career that his brilliance slightly outweighed his negatives and named his son Enzo!

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Originally Posted by wedge

Well James Allen used it for his book, 'Michael Schumacher - Edge of Greatness'.

Oh, and before you accuse of being a trolling journalist he is a Schumi lover who written another book, concluded on his career that his brilliance slightly outweighed his negatives and named his son Enzo!

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I didn't accuse him of anything, why are you making things up?

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Originally Posted by ioan

I didn't accuse him of anything, why are you making things up?

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Because, with respect, it is just the sort of thing you would say if James Allen's opinion didn't happen to coincide with yours on this issue.