Older but still great and they are still afraid of him! Which is good! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
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Older but still great and they are still afraid of him! Which is good! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
Yes! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Mike is a solid pilot, his years of domination are over, but nothing he does now will take away what he has accomplished in the past. I think it's kind of cool that being a midfielder he still fights to his limits. To me it is a bonus that the man is back in the field. Only someone of his credentials could have said:Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
“OK I'm back give me a seat with the defending world championship team”.
Look how hard JV has tried and he can't even get a sniff. (And that is not a knock on the former WDC) As long as his name is associated with F1 is a good thing. It's kind of like Ferrari. They may not be the best or most ethical, but they are an F1 establishment with their downside considered, like Mike they add to F1's righteousness. Personally I'm grooving on Mike being back win or lose
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Coughbull spluttersh!t.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I don't think its BS, I think Haug has also acknowledged this, although I don't think someone in Mercedes was intentionally doing it, they probably were setup errors, the race engineer change should help.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
If the cars are the same with only subtle differences in setup, how does one burn a hole in the floor and the other not? Is the floor on slick Mick's car physically bolted closer to the exhausts.......Quote:
Originally Posted by i_max2k2
I think Schumacher is correct when he says he's personal achievement is a mere 3 out of 6. He should work on his own performance and not criticise the team and car.
Well I guess if you'd have noticed in Spain, how far back was Rosberg compared to schumi, I'd assume your similar explanation would work? Car setups can make tremendous difference, and I really dont think he's making stuff up. We saw a lot of times that a improved chassis improving the times considerably in races, so it shouldn't be a surprise that his chassis had some problems during some of the races.Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
I agree but I think what mostly happened is Michael was trying to drive a naturally under steering car made for button, and he kept trying to change the setup to make the car suitable to his style, Michael was good at adapting, but who knows if he ever came a across a car so much different to his natural driving style. And he has aged and has been off for so long, but even then his raw pace is pretty good, I always noticed his first practice times were mostly better then rosberg, and I believe those times were set w/o changing the car setup a lot, and from second practice he'd become slower. I'm hoping to see a much better schumi in 2011, and car designed more towards his style, we could see some of his old magic!Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Lets face it- with a few exceptions, Schumacher is going to get a warm, fuzzy cuddle from the fanboys that inhabit practically any F1 forum/discussion, including this one.
I don't harbour these feelings. I am for the affirmative, in terms of the title of this particular thread. Yes, he should call it quits. He should never have come back in the first instance.
This year has gone a long way to tarnishing his reputation irreversibly, and his actions in some of the races towards his fellow drivers (most notably Rubens - a former team mate and sponsor of more than one WDC it could be argued) shows almost irrefutably that sportsmanship is still an alien concept to him.
Time to go and do something else now, Michael.