Who will Massa's replacement be?

[ioan]

I know you're a big Fissi fan Woody but........he was blown to the weeds in those seasons. I agree, back in 2000 (when Fissi was at his peak) had he gone to Ferrari we'd be having a very different conversation.

Because you believe he was better than Rubens?!

[Dave B]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77418

[ioan]

Great!
Just what I thought all the way!

[jens]

Hah, now the answer is known.

As for Fisichella, who has been mentioned above, then he wouldn't have really been a worse choice - more likely better - than the others mentioned here (Bourdais, Piquet, Sato, Villeneuve, Gene, etc), so there would have been nothing "crappy" (like one said) about it if other similar or inferior drivers would have been considered.

But oh well, doesn't matter any more - the answer is now clear anyway.

[ioan]

They couldn't have found someone better to replace a driver like Felipe!

[woody2goody]

Because you believe he was better than Rubens?!

At the time he probably was. Now they're about equal.

Like you said though, there's nobody better to fill in for Felipe than Michael is.

[woody2goody]

I know you're a big Fissi fan Woody but........he was blown to the weeds in those seasons. I agree, back in 2000 (when Fissi was at his peak) had he gone to Ferrari we'd be having a very different conversation. But now he's past his best and IMHO Ferrari should take this opportunity to test out the next generation rather than hark back to drivers who have had their shot at fame and glory.

Fisi had his shots in 2005 and 06 and he blew it.

Although I feel better now because he did much better against Alonso than anybody else apart from Trulli. Piquet's (non) performance has sort of vindicated Fisi, for which I'm happy about.

I'm just glad that people have been noticing his good driving this year. The fact that we even discussed him as a possible Ferrari driver is a far cry from what it would have been had we been talking about it 12 months ago.

[Storm]

Amazing that Michael has agreed to come back, is this for just this race or teh rest of the season though. As talented though as he is, I think it will be a bit tougher for him than expected to race after this gap.

I only thought of maybe a wild swoop for Alonso as its his home race and he won't be racing there.

But MS back for a short stint could be great to put some energy back in F1 which has only seen crappy politics and pull-outs this year (stupid BMW).

[leopard]

Massa said the old man races only if they young man doesn't race.

[Mark]

Closing as we have another Schumacher returns thread.