http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jun/25/michael-schumacher-formula-one To be 0.009 slower than Rosberg at 42 is an award I would give to Michael any day, superhuman.
unless, as i suspect, Rosberg isn't particularly good. I'm surprised that any of the 3 sons of F1 that started a few years ago are still in it (nakajima, Piquet, Rosberg), none of them impressed me.
Has it really come to this Manny? Applauding Schumacher for being just slower than his team mate. Hmmm he really is not the old Schumi anymore is he. That said I am dreading him at the start tomorrow with Rosberg and Button directly ahead of him and his insane starts.
Maybe millions of people have realised that over exaggeration after 1 and 1/2 years is just stupidity and wrong ethically, If it's focused at one man, he just eats it all up (criticism) and keeps working to bring the team to a faster benchmark. I respect him so much at this moment in time. Remember the days you saw a living legend drive at 200mph at 42 remember it before you post any **** undermining him.
Thats very harsh on Rosberg. The bracket him with Nakajima is just a bit silly considering their time as teammates.
I wanted him to get on the podium at Montreal and I think that was his best chance to do so. However I think he should leave and give a young driver like Di Resta or Perez a shot.
To be honest if it was not Schumacher but another driver with his results and his level of performance against Rosberg then he would not be driving for Mercedes anymore.
Ok let me put (42 years of age, experience of putting a team in a position to win from being teams battling out in the midfield, and extreme skill when driving in both conditions for you), oh I forgot, the fact he never moans when things go wrong and gets on with the job to improve the car. 0.009 seconds is a vast improvement and is the closest gap compared to any other session with Rosberg.
Well, Schuey had better hurry up and do something as a fat 41 year old called Nigel Mansell was still winning races If Mansell could win a race in his 40's, why can't Schuey!? Michael needs to retire at the end of this season. He is doing himself, his career and reputation no good at all. The only person who did well out of a prolonged retirement was Niki Lauda and even then he gave it up 3 years after he came back. Micheal is yesterday's man. Reality needs to set in sooner rather than later.
Reality is he is progressing, if you need the 2 seasons put in slow motion we could sort that out, He has improved vastly and that is what I am saying, im not proposing he will win again, I am saying he is doing a fantastic job showing Mercedes the way up to the top again, to drive the way he has done in the past few races and overtake the way he has done is highly commendable.
I think Schumacher should just leave, or Mercedes should fire him. There are many better prospects coming through who deserve a chance rather than this has-been. Schumi's just ruining the memories his fans had of him, he can't race for a team like Mercedes who should be challenging at the top who deserve better drivers.
Mercedes were at the top when he joined as they had won teh previous years WDC and WCC as Brawn. Manny, come on, a 7 times WDC should not need a season and a half to settle back in. He has lost that extra 1% that makes the great drivers stand out from the good drivers. That will never return, despite the glimpses of his old self he has dhwon from time to time. Fact is, he cannot find that extra 1% in quali or for the whole of a race.
Mercedes have been very disappointing, last year was understandable because in '09 with Brawn they did not have much of a budget to design the 2010 car much. However this year (so far) they have disappointed a lot especially seeing as they gave up halfway through 2010 to work on this years car and they are no nearer to challenge for wins if anything they are further back.
It really irritates me when people continue to criticise Schumacher. The fact is his car is nowhere near as quick as the other top teams and that's the sole reason he is not winning races. Stick Vettel or Webber in a Merc and neither of them would be doing any better. As for Rosberg out qualifying him for most of this season, yes you probably would expect Schumacher to be in front but what ultimately matters is the overall race pace and Schumacher has proved over the last few races that he has got the measure of Rosberg. You only have to look at his performance in the wet in Canada to see that he is still a supremely gifted driver. Over the course of the season I would expect him to finish in front of Rosberg in the standings. Michael should carry on into next season and prove his doubters wrong.
How do we know the Merc isn't a race winner? having a 42 yearold has been who never was as good as his record suggests, and someone who, if his dad hadn't been a wdc wouldn't be close to an f1 seat isn't much of a yard-stick.
Manny - promise me you will take time to lie down in a darkened room and repeat to yourself 'I will stop this obsession with a male 42 year old hasbeen, I will stop this obsession with a male 42 year old hasbeen' . Sigh - I'm afraid you won't admit it will you?
The fact is that in fact this is not a fact. Fact. - - - There is one hero here Simcanary; do you know who it is? - It's Manny ! And for this reason, I was very reluctant to get involved with his heroic thread. However, your comment is what prompted my response, so I may as well finish what you've initiated⦠In my opinion, the reality is closer to what others have said. Had it been anyone else consistently being out-performed by Rosberg in a car that has not been worse than the top four and has perhaps been better than its driver pairing have suggested, he'd probably have been given his marching orders at the end of last season. Of course, he is a major draw for sponsors and I suppose it is therefore reasonable to keep him on as a pay-driver. P.S. Welcome to the forum. (I mean that; and this is only the second fact I've stated). Cheers.
Trilogy - Welcome to the forum and the ongoing 'debate' about Sch you know who'. I note you are a ManU supporter - nothing to do with comment about my chosen handle, then? My name is a play on football, artists and the Dutch- there is a trilogy for you! Obsession? where ? Show me where I have written dozens (is it now hundreds) of pieces about the man? You will not find one.
Thanks for the welcome Cosicave. I am all in favour of a reasoned debate rather than childish bickering so I take on board your comments. The one thing I do disagree with however is trying to compare the Merc with the likes of Red Bull, Ferrari and Mclaren. It is clear in my opinion that there is quite a gulf in pace and no one in a Merc is going to win a race any time soon unless the engineers at Mercedes come up with some dramatic improvements to the performance of the car. A good illustration of the comparitive pace of the Mercedes against the Red Bull and Mclaren is the way both Button and Webber passed Schumacher towards the end of the Canadian GP. It was like Schumacher was standing still.
