Come on Schumi

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:00 pm

I'm in this camp....

(cue camp jokes a la Shug style)

Novice Racer · Post by **Novice Racer** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:11 pm

Pre-empting the camp jokes has spoiled my fun

Novice

DDtB · Post by **DDtB** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:41 pm

Tom wrote:I'm this camp....

OK then... if you say so..!!

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:52 pm

I'm with you guys...

special mention to Kimi raikonnen for his comment to Brundle pre-race though!!

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:01 pm

never mind

. getting past Raikonnen was quality at the end. A sort of return to the old days when racing was just that. proper tense stuff. i was perched on edge of sofa

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:27 pm

I have always thought that the tragic death of Ayrton Senna robbed the world of a real battle in Formula 1 as seeing Schumacker v Senna would really have been something. Formula 1 really needs great drivers and they seem to be few and far between these days far too much dependancy upon the cars.

Post by ed » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:07 pm

So he do ok then....

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:26 pm

adds up doesn't it...the man's a legend.

article in paper the other day from damon hill saying blah blah this and that(usual 'he ran in to me' sort of stuff). hill was rubbish, and only won championship finally because his car was 10 bazillion times better than everyone else's.

Post by ed » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:28 pm

to be fair the ferrari aint a bad motor either......

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:29 pm

yeah i know, but that still doesn't cover the fact that Hill was cr*p and Schumacher's a legend.

Post by **simon** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:31 pm

The Ferrari was crap when Schumi moved there though, don't forget that.
Hill was average in by far the best car.

Another great statistic is that MS hadn't had a retirement caused by mechanical failure since the French GP in 2000. Incredible reliability from them.

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:13 pm

I'm a Schumi fan to the last. One stat he lost to Alonso was the youngest double World Champ. Alonso 25, Schumi was 26. Alonso is also the youngest GP winner, but I'm not stato enough to say if he was the youngest WC.

Point is, we may yet see Schumi's records tumble, but only if Ron Dennis can get his cars to last the duration of a GP

Can't wait to see how Kimi does at Ferrari ... doubt we'll see the Fin smashing Schumi's records just yet...

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:39 pm

GregR wrote: Can't wait to see how Kimi does at Ferrari ... doubt we'll see the Fin smashing Schumi's records just yet...

Me too. I'm a Kimi fan and, although I'm not a big fan of Ferrari, I think he's made the best decision. McLaren have had their last chance with reliability. I'd have walked from them a long time ago. I can't believe he persevered that long. I think Kimi would have won at least one, and maybe more, championships by now if it wasn't for McLaren reliablity problems (and sometimes bad luck too!).

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