Casting a shadow

[tinchote]

Maybe Michael can do Kimi's press conferences? That would be an improvement

[ArrowsFA1]

So long as Michael's role is a back-seat one there shouldn't be a problem. so long as Kimi & Felipe gradually take on more of the role Michael is currently playing it shouldn't be a problem.

It will be a problem if Ferrari do not gain confidence in what the drivers are saying.

Very true

[XSARA]

if you were Kimi would you want the person who previously had your job hanging around?

If the person who previously had my job was Micheal Shumacher-sure. Why not? He'd be a great source of knowlege and insight...I mean, the man only won 7 WDC's which really is no big deal but...

[ArrowsFA1]

I am still rather at a loss as to what his new role is.

Whatever he's doing he's likely to do it right and I don't think Raikkonen cares.

It certainly seems to be a very "hands-off" role if Kimi's recent comments are anything to go by:

Raikkonen was joined by Michael Schumacher during the final day of testing yesterday.
"We exchanged a few words, we didn't have much time," he added. "I had to get back to work on the track. I didn't even know he would have come. The last time I saw him was at the presentation of the car."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/56760

[tinchote]

It looks like he doesn't have much of a role, then. So much for the previuos speculation in this thread

[SteveA]

Maybe he just turns up uninvited - a sort of lost soul à la Syd Barrett appearing in Abbey Road studios after he had been ousted from Pink Floyd.

[race aficionado]

. . . .He's being paid $6million a year as a consultant/ technician/advisor/ . . . . .

Michael should be their test driver and be able to jump in and replace either Kimi or Massa if they ever suffer a tennis injury for example. . . .


mokin:

[samuratt]

Whatever he is doing he is going to do it well. I can't see Michael underperforming!!!! (not even in sex)

Anyway, i tend to think that Kimi does not like the idea of having Michael that close, cause Michael's shadow is quite big to be ignored, and must put on him a lot of preassure because everybody in Ferrari is expecting him to deliver the goods Michael used to. And that prospect is not very likeable isn't it?

On the other hand I think it benefits Massa, who has learned a lot last seasson from him and has worked alongside him... and (contrary to Kimi) he hasn't got the preassure Kimi's has in order to be WDC at last!

I can't see Michael underperforming!!!! (not even in sex)

Now, that's a mental image I can do without.







Even tifosi have our limits.

[Hawkmoon]

Michael's shadow would have reached all the way from Switzerland. It might be a little deeper this way but Raikkonen is going to be judged by his performance relative to Schumacher's whether Michael is standing at the back of the garage or sitting by the pool.

This is not really fair but that's what comes from succeeding a legend. Kimi's had a bit of a dry run at this sort of thing by replacing Hakkinen at McLaren. This time, he's only got to replace an extra 5 WDCs and about 70 wins, that's all.