Schumacher !!! Should he call it quits

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Originally Posted by TheFamousEccles

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.

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Yeah spout some bile, just let it get out, if it makes you feel better! :D

I thought it was not only the hole in the floor, but all the extra weight and trouble seeing....

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image..._crash_640.jpg

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Originally Posted by ioan

Yeah spout some bile, just let it get out, if it makes you feel better! :D

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Something that you and I can agree on. :eek:
As far as his legacy goes the only negative will be that he was a win at all cost pilot with a well deserved disqualification in 1997.
The vast majority will marvel at his 7WDC's and 91 f1 victories.
Deal with that.(Eccles) :s mokin:

firstly- not trying to start a fight, just merely adding my paltry 2c worth to the above named thread. Now...

@ Ioan - it's an opinion, not bile - that is something a lot different.

@ Alcatraz - Deal with what? That the fanboys will forgive any crappy behaviour just because it came from Schumacher? Meh... not really concerned either way. As an observer of F1, there are many others I would rate as greater than "He", and I stand by my belief that his best has past, and that he should not have come back.

Dealing with that, hmm? I guess not.

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Originally Posted by TheFamousEccles

firstly- not trying to start a fight, just merely adding my paltry 2c worth to the above named thread. Now...

@ Ioan - it's an opinion, not bile - that is something a lot different.

@ Alcatraz - Deal with what?

Dealing with that, hmm? I guess not.

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No I suppose you guess not.
You may quite possibly be in a minute segment of F1 fans.
That takes to his grave holding to the absurd opinion that making a lackluster comeback in his 40's
will have:

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Originally Posted by Flaming Ecceles

gone a long way to tarnishing his reputation irreversibly,

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That's what!

Even if he had a crappy car this season MS driving skills show 2010 up as they belong to a driver in the lower midfield (atleast most of the races) Next year could be his last.

there is this story I remember from somewhere that when MS left Benetton, Alesi (and also maybe Berger) tried driving the MS car with set up exactly for that particular track as when MS used it to win a race from the prior season. There was so much oversteer that Alesi could not come anywhere close to matching his times, and found the car set up completely unsuitable and in his words "dangerous".

I Am sure Ioan or someone can find far more details than my old memory can ever remeber

My suspicion is that Nico will be much happier driving a car set up like button with understeer.

OTOH, I suspicion that Lewis would be much happier driving a car set up like MS likes it...

Twitchy, very quick steering, with plenty of oversteer.....rock and roll....so twitchy and responsive to the road and driver inputs that others might call it "dangerous" and too difficult to drive fast

The first tire tests showed Nico complaining (too much oversteer) and not doing well, while MS was loving it and setting second fastest time.

So who next season, will have the car best suited for their driving style??

My personal opinion is that the fastest is often the more "dangerous" style for many tracks (but now, one also has to deal with the tire wear issue, soooooo)

that's right... he's been so slow this year because he's just so awesome... i wonder why I didn´t think of that?

Everything as is, but just one year is good enough for the haters to undermine the rest of 16yrs where few people came close to the level he was on.

JV has come out and said MS in now on par with Nico. Sh!t you know I believe JV so I may be eating a lot of words next year.