Goodbye Michael

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SgtBhaji said:
I'm of the opinion that there are two many youngsters in F1 these days and there is nothing wrong with having a good crop of wiser, "senior" drivers.
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I have no issue with older drivers, providing their still worthy of their seat. Schumacher was not worthy of his seat at a big team.
 
SgtBhaji said:
I'm of the opinion that there are two many youngsters in F1 these days and there is nothing wrong with having a good crop of wiser, "senior" drivers.
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Schumacher was starting to make mistakes, yes. But his contribution of 21 years (his life) to the sport cannot be forgotten, his records will always remain in the history book.
He was doing well this season, but there were signs of him wearing out.
A record-breaker, a machine, but underneath as we have all seen in his second career. A human.
 
Kyle? said:
I'm glad he's gone, at least he can't lumber around ruining peoples races now. He should never have come back, he's ruined his reputation IMO. Now time to get rid of De la Rosa and Webber, and the pensioners will finally be gone.
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sometimes I wonder if I've been in a fugue state and my subconscious calls himself Kyle.
 
Kyle? said:
I have no issue with older drivers, providing their still worthy of their seat. Schumacher was not worthy of his seat at a big team.
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He's not who he was at 30 granted, but he was worthy probably of that Mercedes driver and no more. Which is for being the 7th/8th best drive. I cant see many guys outside of McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari who would have done a better job, post 2010 anyway.

Too many crashes though it must be said, but a fair bit of bad luck as well.
 
EternalMSC said:
Schumacher was starting to make mistakes, yes. But his contribution of 21 years (his life) to the sport cannot be forgotten, his records will always remain in the history book.
He was doing well this season, but there were signs of him wearing out.
A record-breaker, a machine, but underneath as we have all seen in his second career. A human.
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This sounds like he died. He's only retired.
 
He's an absolute legend, no doubt about that, and I will admit I find a certain sadness seeing him go. Nice little speech from him, and I'll admit it does come across as a little bit forced since Hamilton's move. Still, he's come back into the sport, going into his early 40's, and despite a number of errors has proven that he still has a lot of speed in hand and can compete at a high level. I don't think his reputation has been hurt all that much to be honest. In fact, I think the fact that he came back and decided to race again in a team that wasn't the fastest and has been competitive shows some character and strength to go back out and try it again. The grid will be a champion lighter next season, and that will always be a sad occurrence. However, it seems like the right time to finally bring down the curtain on a fantastic career.
 
Such a contrast compared to the last time he retired.
That infamous press conference even nearly made me upset (having sat through years of his domination), whilst this time he's almost going out with a whimper. It's a shame retirement was forced upon him, he probably deserved better- and to leave on his terms.
 
"His reputation has already been affected by his unsuccessful return to the sport," Stewart told BBC Sport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19834309

"These driver errors would just never have happened with the likes of Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda or Jim Clark. They could have ended in tears. There comes a time when everyone recognises it may be time to retire."

Let's hope MSC never becomes an ex-driver pundit wearing silly hats and making stupid comments.
 
Pit Lane Charlie said:
"His reputation has already been affected by his unsuccessful return to the sport," Stewart told BBC Sport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/19834309

"These driver errors would just never have happened with the likes of Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda or Jim Clark. They could have ended in tears. There comes a time when everyone recognises it may be time to retire."

Let's hope MSC never becomes an ex-driver pundit wearing silly hats and making stupid comments.
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I quite like his hats :)
 
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