SCHUMI, FERRARI, 2006 ITALIAN GP

Schumi never got to formally announce his retirement in his own way. Instead Ferrari signed Kimi which was an open secret and became official via press release as the chequered flag fell and forcing Shumi to announce his retirement after the race.

Kinda sad really. Despite his ruthlessness on the racetrack he was never in full control of his destiny and was treated like a piece of meat on a conveyor belt like any other driver.

Quote Originally Posted by rjbetty
Wedge, that is really interesting as I never knew that.
He has been open about his dislike of Flavio.

Mid 1995, Herbert famously called Schumi "Mr Mega" because he wasn't allowed to view Schumi's telemetry whereas Schumi could look at Herbert's. Behind the scenes Herbert took it up to Flav and Flav pretty much told him to STFU.

Funnily enough Herbert wouldn't have an F1 career if it wasn't for Peter Collins who worked at Benetton as team manager.