Schumacher !!! Should he call it quits

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Originally Posted by F1boat

This is a very foolish post. It is obvious that Michael has made an unsuccessful comeback, like many other sportsmen, including Michael Jordan. But to deny his success in the past is petty and immature.
I am happy that he is in the Top 10 and I hope that he will have a good race tomorrow.

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Michael who? :p :wave: :dozey: :p

Not his best race, I have to admit. Neither the luckiets, though.

An embarresment to watch.

After posting a defense of Michael yesterday, I feel a bit silly today.

He was terrible.

Although it wasn't much his fault the 1st incident, he looked out of rythm all day.

I'd like to see the old boy finish out this season. But unless there's some (design) hope that will make next year's car put him back on form... yeah, probably best that he hang it up and let Sutil (or whomever) have the seat. He's beginning to look like a fighter that comes out of retirement and then gets beaten silly by people he could have dusted off with ease in his prime. I don't like the guy. But I don't want to see a multiple WDC humiliated the way he's going down.

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Originally Posted by Mia 01

An embarresment to watch.

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Agreed 100%.

His poor form is now also making me question Brawn's ability to think objectively when it comes to Schu. We've had every excuse under the sun but the fact is he is miles off his team mates pace and points haul, added to the fact that he has been involved in more shunts/incidents this year than any other driver. Time to go.

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Originally Posted by woody2goody

However, in answer to the original question - I voted that Schumi should carry on. His speed is improving, no doubt also his knowledge of the tyres.

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I don't see many signs of improvement since the start of the year. He's had good days and bad days, but I don't think he's on an upward curve.

Obviously much of this is down to the car and tyres, neither of which he likes, and both he and Mercedes seem to have written off this year in the hope that 2011 will bring a big improvement.

Bottom line is his results in comparison with his team-mate have been poor and IMHO it makes no sense for Mercedes to be designing the 2011 car with Michael in mind because he's not their long term future.

He'll stay, largely because the 2011 car will be designed around him. Strange decision, because it's clearly Nico Rosberg who is capable of scoring better, and who is surely a longer-term prospect for Mercedes.

It strikes me that Mercedes may well compromise Nico in an attempt to hang on to Schumacher, which if true would mean that value marketing over results.

Rosberg's a strong driver, maybe not the finished article yet, but the team should IMO be throwing their weight behind him rather than pandering to Schuey.

I really wanted Michael's comeback to work - I even predicted race wins - but it's painful to watch a former great trundling round off the pace and making so many mistakes. He should bow out gracefully and let Mercedes-Brawnz focus on the future.

Maybe Ross hopes that he will bounce back like in 2006 after the not so good 2005. However, this season is pretty dreadful, really. But who knows what will happen? F1 is bizzare. I think that one season Rubens failed to score any points with Honda and two years later were fighting for the WDC.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Maybe Ross hopes that he will bounce back like in 2006 after the not so good 2005.

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The difference is that in 2005 Schumacher was performing well as a driver, finishing as high as 3rd in WDC rankings in a seriously underperforming car.