schumi's wonderful career

[ioan]

But so are you?

Did I claim the opposite?!

[ioan]

As opposed to your utterly balanced view?

Pretty low standards you have got there Ben.

[ioan]

What's wrong with winning titles in best cars?

If it's Hamilton or Alonso then it's all fine, if it's Vettel or Schumacher, then it's cheating. Same old crap from same old trolls.

[ioan]

Was it not people hearing the engine note of the Benetton coming out of slower corners at Aida in 1994 that first aroused suspicions?

People meaning 1 person?

[ioan]

Come on mate. He is passed it. What has Schumy got ahead of him at Mercedes? Nico might be in a position to challenge for a Championship but MS is not going to add to his 7. The only thing he can hope for is a podium or two.

On the other hand, he will get more and more erratic and dangerous as he becomes desperate to hang on to younger, faster drivers.

Enough is enough. He was a year or 2 late retiring the first time around. This is just the waste of a good race seat.

You might get a heart attack one of these days given that you have to hate him for a few more years!

[ioan]

I suppose not, but its a bit strange of you to criticize a man for something which you openly admit to doing yourself is it not? I don't really know what else to say or try to begin to understand that logic to be honest.

I am not a public figure who's opinion you are using to support your own skewed views. Stewart is, so for his publicly expressed views he has to pay the price.

[ioan]

Don't worry ioan, there is absolutely no chance myself or any other sane person would use your skewed views to support anything they had said. Stewart has experience in the field and is entitled to his opinion, but like you he also talks utter tripe on many occasions. mokin:

I'm not worried at all. I would be woried if you could tell left from right and black from white, but I'm not holding my breath for it.

[F1boat]

Michael in his prime was the best, most formidable driver I have ever witnessed as a fan. Sometimes I cheered for him and sometimes against him, but he is undoubtedly a great Formula One champion, like it or not. It is also true that his accidents with Damon in 1994 and with Villeneuve in 1997 were dishonorable. That's it, really. The rest is bias...

[woody2goody]

Michael in his prime was the best, most formidable driver I have ever witnessed as a fan. Sometimes I cheered for him and sometimes against him, but he is undoubtedly a great Formula One champion, like it or not. It is also true that his accidents with Damon in 1994 and with Villeneuve in 1997 were dishonorable. That's it, really. The rest is bias...

Well said mate. I've been his biggest fan and also a detractor of his over the years, but in hindsight it was more to do with the pro-Ferrari attitude of the FIA around the turn of the century. Schumacher himself rarely did any wrong just like Vettel today.

As for his current ability, well I think his racecraft is among the very best in F1 as has been demonstrated by his brilliant starts and general race pace this season. Nico, while very good in qualifying, has been lacking in a lot of cases against Michael, and so it is very difficult to judge them. After all, they are only a few points apart, so proclamations of superiority from either side may be null and void

[ArrowsFA1]

Schumacher himself rarely did any wrong just like Vettel today.

I'm not Vettel's biggest fan but he has not shown any evidence of having the worst traits we saw with Michael in pressure situations such as Macau, Adelaide or Jerez, or anything like the stunt we saw Senna pull at Suzuka so I wouldn't put them in the same bracket in that sense.

As for Michael today, he's certainly not the driver he was. That doesn't detract from his past achievements, and he has improved since his return, but he is not the future for Mercedes.