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Ralf is a steady enough driver, but you could count on one hand the amount of times he's ever looked like a proper racer.
His low point came at Monaco 2005 when his brother tried to pass him on the last lap, almost waking him up in the process. His comment "as far as I'm concerned the race was over" sums up his attitude to competition.
He's a safe pair of hands most of the time, but certainly not worth Toyota's millions.
One thing Ralf is for sure is a very very fast driver, than he has the ability and the know how to setup an F1 car as not too many of them can do it.
He isn't very consistent tough, but neither are the others but for MS and FA, and maybe FM (he is becoming more and more consistent) and KR.
So with MS out of it Ralf might be the 3rd best driver if you take everything into account.
PS: Button will need another few hundreds of races, and a some contract buy outs, till he gets Ralf's number of F1 wins!
Ralf was only equal to Montoya, so clearly his claim is ridicolous LOL
I think Ralf is a good driver, but as someone said in this forum some time ago, heīs the personification of mediocrity.
He won some races, he can have a good weekend and achieve good results but... how many times do we see Ralf doing great things? I mean, great good things. He can score a lot of points with the proper car, he can drive a solid race but in my opinion he canīt win a WDC, no matter the team heīs driving for.
The question is how many of them have what it takes to be WDC on the current grid? 2 maybe 3 of the known quantities!Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Pu
It's difficult to say, as there are many variables. For instance, I think Fisichella could win the title, if given a car with a massive performance advantage (such as F2002, F2004 or the 1992 Williams), and an inferior team-mate. But he obviously didn't win either of the last two championships, despite being in the championship winning (though not necessarily the best) car.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
It's difficult to judge.
Ralf has DC-syndrome I think...although I rate DC above Ralf comfortably.
Alonso and Raikkonen and the stand-out pair, followed by a group headed by Button and comprising Barrichello, Coulthard, Fisichella and Ralfie.
With such an advantage things change... but:Quote:
Originally Posted by BeansBeansBeans
Those cars were lightyears away from the rest of the grid, and with one of these, and some weaker team-mates... And not many opposition. So if you need an all-conquering car, a bad team-mate and the rest of the teams leaving you alone and youīre not a really good driver... well, I think you canīt be WDC. Too many things have to happen out there to put you at the top if youīre Ralf Schumacher.
Itīs like Titanic winning 11 oscars... absolutely awful! But there were no serious competitors out there, and that is a big issue. My conclussion is: Ralf could win only if they give him the WDC, because having the best car, the worst teammate and no opposition is like giving you the title as a present.
If Ralf Schumacher finishes in the Top 3 of the World Championship, i will bungee-jump off the severn bridge :p : thats how unlikely it is. Ive got more chance of racing in f1 than he has of finishing in the Top 3 :p :
I remember the Canadian GP of 2001. Ralf had a race long battle with Michael and came out on top. What happened to that driver?
I think Ralf has the ability to be as good as anyone out there with the possible exception of Alonso. His problem is his head. He can't seem to ever find the right mindset to carry him through a full season.
That's why he's so inconsistent. He has shown flashes of brilliance such as the purple patch he went through in mid 2003 and parts of 2001 but on the whole has been very average.
One of the biggest differences between Ralf and Michael is that Michael had the head of a world champion. Ralf? His heads someplace else.