Schumacher !!! Should he call it quits

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Originally Posted by henners88

By his fans I'm sure, but we've seen subjects on here hang around like a bad smell for years. Look at Liegate. Its sculpted people perceptions of one driver to such a degree that it can overshadow any great performance.

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The haters will hate and question him even without the return. And Mark, about Mansell, I have forgotten that episode until I found it at wikipedia. For me he will always be the man who conquered F1 and Indy Car in the consecutive years. :)
And I agree with Alain about the age.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

the man who conquered F1 and Indy Car in the consecutive years. :) .

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Back when IndyCar was still a big deal - almost becoming a rival to F1.

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Originally Posted by Mark

But like Mansell do we remember his brilliant victory at the 1994 Australian GP? No, we remember his McLaren farce and retiring in Barcelona.

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I wouldn't call it a brilliant victory - it was an excellent pole position but he was being killed in the race by Hill. He was about a minute behind Hill/Schumacher before the halfway point.

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Originally Posted by Mark

Back when IndyCar was still a big deal - almost becoming a rival to F1.

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Yep, winning the opening race even after receiving a stop go, and winning the title in his rookie year. Third in his first Indy 500 IIRC.....

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Yep, winning the opening race even after receiving a stop go, and winning the title in his rookie year. Third in his first Indy 500 IIRC.....

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Not sure Newman/Haas would remember 1994 so fondly :p

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Not sure Newman/Haas would remember 1994 so fondly :p

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Well, Mansell regularly qualified the car near the front in '94, certainly fared better than Super Mario, but the car was OK over a lap, over a race distance it was pants.

Two good races in a row. Maybe the old man is getting his mojo back, or he found his glasses :)

seems to be finding his feet again :)

Before we get too carried away:

Maybe an explaination for MS's sudden turn of speed: Ted Kravitz reports that during the first stoppage Mercedes converted both cars to a full-wet setup, they don't believe that any other team made such a change.

It was great to see the old man get a good result, but there may have been more to it than pure driver ability.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/9122188.stm

Webber made MS look good again... he's a humanitarian