Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
Even in the case of Schumacher, the number two driver was given all the tools and support to get pole positions and win races. But Schumacher always did something special to ensure he was well ahead of his teammates. The relative numbers of pole positions tells the true story of how Schumacher always keeps ahead of his teammates, as there are no team orders during qualification.
BS. Rewriting history much? Remember Austria 2002? Barichello was given all the tools and support up until the last lap. Then all tools and support were withdrawn and given to the one and only, Schumacher, driver number 1 even before Barichello went to Ferrari. MS won 4 out of the first 5 races of the season. It hardly looked like a very contested championship. They were dominating and there was no need for it. They did it to satisfy the egomaniac, probably just to "fabricate" a record. In the end he won 11 of 17 races and Ferrari won as many points as all the other teams combined.

Or USA 2005, that charade of a race? Even there they had to "fix" the race for him. Totally pointless for the team. It only served the same egomaniac.

Yeah, he did do something special to keep always ahead of his team mates at Ferrari. When he went there there was one important condition (among others I'm sure). Whoever they would hire to be his team mate, they would make him be his own personal b****. And they agreed. And his team mates were the kind of drivers who would take that job.