Schumacher !!! Should he call it quits

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Originally Posted by aki13

Alot of opinions seem to change every race depending on a good race performance or bad one. Lets wait and see

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Exactly. Most people don't realise how difficult it is to return to the pinnacle of a sport after 3 years absence. Imagine Federer if he took 3 years off, played no tennis and then decided to return to Wimbledon. A lot of big noise would be made about it to sell papers I'm sure but he would never be the same.

The thing I admire about Schumacher the most is that he is convinced he can be WDC again. There have been clear signs of improvement over the last few races. He was on course for outqualifying Rosberg this weekend too if it wasn't for a moment in the last corner. Ok the Schumi of old wouldn't have made that mistake but MS is working on it.

In the end he is doing a really good job in the last few races. He isn't as bulletproof as before but he is slowly reattaining the speed he once had. For a 42 year old he is doing an incredible job.

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Originally Posted by i_max2k2

This. Canada was probably the moment, when he looked the best in that car yet, this week his pace was same or better with Rosberg, we shouldn't decide in 2 races.

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How many races do you people need. It's always another 1, or another 2, or another season.

Face it, he was not that good over the last few years of his career and he's shocking now with the occasional reasonable race.

He should just pack up and leave already. There are much, much better drivers Mercedes could get for half the money. Bad investment for them IMO.

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Originally Posted by Retro Formula 1

How many races do you people need. It's always another 1, or another 2, or another season.

Face it, he was not that good over the last few years of his career and he's shocking now with the occasional reasonable race.

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There's a general rule that people use in sport and that's that it will take you equal amount of time you've had off to get back to top form. If this is the case we should expect to see Schuey in Mercedes for another 2 seasons after this at least ;)

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Originally Posted by Retro Formula 1

How many races do you people need. It's always another 1, or another 2, or another season.

Face it, he was not that good over the last few years of his career and he's shocking now with the occasional reasonable race.

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Its actually how many races does Mercedes need, and from how it looks, they are satisfied with his performance, of course your not, but you also dont have access to the information they do. He was 0.009 seconds slower then Rosberg in qualifying, a racing incident with petrov, caused his race to be the way it was. A race ago he looked much better then most of the grid in Canada, I dont even need to look at the data to say, he should stay. Neither do the majority of people voting on this thread.

And from his last race in Ferrari, I remember, he went from last to 4th, which in my opinion was a clear showing of how good he was when he left. I dont think he was too bad in his last few years.

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Originally Posted by Retro Formula 1

How many races do you people need. It's always another 1, or another 2, or another season.

Face it, he was not that good over the last few years of his career and he's shocking now with the occasional reasonable race.

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Well when Mercedes produce a competitive car, we can all comment not only on The Shoe but also Rosberg. For now, solid performances for a 42 year old.

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Originally Posted by i_max2k2

Its actually how many races does Mercedes need, and from how it looks, they are satisfied with his performance, of course your not, but you also dont have access to the information they do. He was 0.009 seconds slower then Rosberg in qualifying, a racing incident with petrov, caused his race to be the way it was. A race ago he looked much better then most of the grid in Canada, I dont even need to look at the data to say, he should stay. Neither do the majority of people voting on this thread.

And from his last race in Ferrari, I remember, he went from last to 4th, which in my opinion was a clear showing of how good he was when he left. I dont think he was too bad in his last few years.

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Repped brother.

He wasn't the Schumacher of old when he left Ferrari either but he was still better than the rest of the field. This is why Alonso rated him to be one of his biggest rivals this season. It was a silly mistake iwth Petrov alright. It's a shame he didn't outqualify Nico, he seemed to have the pace on him for sure in quali.

If it was Heidfeld or similar producing the same results as Schumacher in that car, would we be wanting him out? I doubt it.

It's probably been mentioned before.

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

Well when Mercedes produce a competitive car, we can all comment not only on The Shoe but also Rosberg. For now, solid performances for a 42 year old.

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I'm not saying the Merc is the best car out there but lets not slag it off too much. It was a Championship winning car when Schumacher jumped in it and Rosberg is getting results.

At least he's doing better this year against his team mate with about 3/4 of his points as opposed to only managing 1/2 of his points last year. At this rate, Schumacher will be on his top form next year and might manage to match Nico.

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Originally Posted by Retro Formula 1

I'm not saying the Merc is the best car out there but lets not slag it off too much. It was a Championship winning car when Schumacher jumped in it and Rosberg is getting results.

At least he's doing better this year against his team mate with about 3/4 of his points as opposed to only managing 1/2 of his points last year. At this rate, Schumacher will be on his top form next year and might manage to match Nico.

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Ah come on now. The 2010 Merc was far from a championship winning car. The Brawn GP car was a championship winning car.