2006-09-10 03:45:03 · 33 answers · asked by tigerman 3 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
It's good for the sport because any competition is better with a more even field (and I don't mean he's the only one who could win but Schumacher in a Ferrari is a good winning combination) but it's good for him too as he can spend more time with his family without the constant fear of serious injury which I think people forget can still happen in this sport and that's not easy for a wife to live with.
2006-09-11 06:46:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What has always bothered me about Schumacher is what I perceive to be his self-doubt. Blessed with as much talent as he has and having broken every record there has ever been, Michael Schumacher still finds it necessary to play dirty. Admittedly, he learned this from Ayrton Senna. If there has ever been a bastard in motor racing it was Senna. He was a prize sh1t. Rules meant nothing to the Brazilian. If you stood in the way of him achieving a victory and he could gain advantage by fouling you, he would do so with abandon. The difference between Schumacher and Senna, though, is Senna simply did not care what people thought. He was in your face. Schumacher cares. He tries to pretend that he is playing by the rules when he blatantly is not. Monaco 2006 showed both sides of this flawed genius. Schumacher stupidly parked his car so as to ruin Fernando Alonso's qualifying lap. Disqualified and relegated to the back of the grid, he then produced the most impressive performance ever seen at Monaco by charging all the way up to fifth place against all the odds. The only way I can explain this is believing that there are some self-doubt demons lurking deep within Schumacher's psyche which get aroused from to time. How else do you justify the man's extraordinary behaviour?
As (statistically at least) the greatest driver exits the stage, we can look forward to better days. To days when Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso will go head to head; the Finn in Ferrari red and the Spaniard in Mclaren silver. It is not without considerable relief that Alonso waves goodbye to the seven times world champion. He does so with a bitter taste in the mouth. Alonso and the Renault team are convinced that the stewards at Monza fixed things so as to ensure a Schumacher victory. Alonso was found guilty of blocking Felipe Massa in qualifying on Saturday and received the super-harsh penalty of having his three best qualifying times deleted from the time-sheets. Starting from tenth on the grid and flustered, Alonso overdrove his Renault engine on Sunday. Ten laps from the end and the engine had had enough. Bang! it went. Alonso must have felt that the same thing had happened to his world championship.
The world championship is now wide open. The gap between Alosno and Schumacher is now just two points. Crucially, though, the momentum is clearly in the German's favour. It is going to be very close…
2006-09-11 02:28:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a great loss to Formula 1, and to the millions of fans worldwide, that this truly magnificent sportsman, is retiring from the sport he so evidently cherished.
Michael has done more for Formula 1, both on and off the track then any other previous driver. He is, and i hope continues to be, a true statesmen and pioneer. Through-out his illustrious 14 year career as a top flight driver, Michael has broken all records and constantly strives by pushing himself to the limits, with the will and determination he's shown from the start.
I feel a hugh sense of loss today, as it's almost the end of an era for Michael. There will never be another Schumacher in my lifetime. I sincerely hope he wins the World Championship this season, for a record eighth time. A fitting goodbye to a truly remarkable man.
2006-09-10 05:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by Bont11 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Michael has been toying with the idea of retiring since his last championship, Alonso delayed the decisión last year with his unexpected interruption in the Ferrari zaga. With the developing results this year the idea comes back as a fact considering that it’s very plausible a new championship, or at least the best comeback ever seen in F1.
Added to all this the very good results from F. Massa and the signing of Kimi Raikkonnen for the next season pave the way for Schumi to retire without compromising their leadership as a team.
The Massa – Raikkonnen duo represent a very good chance to drive Ferrari to a new championship next season, with the added chili that there is no full supremacy of a man alone, Schumi, but instead the new face of he competition will be focused in the quest of new leaders in the upcoming generation like Kubica, Alonso, Heidfeld, Massa, Raikkonen, De la Rosa, the upcoming stars who are lucky enough to get a good car.
2006-09-12 10:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by Carlos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Schumacher (pronounced /mɪçaeːl ʃumaxɐ (help·info)/, (nicknamed Schumi / Schu in German) born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, near Cologne) is a German Formula One driver and seven-time Formula One world champion. Statistically, he is the most successful Formula One driver ever; He holds many Formula One records, including those for most drivers' championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, and most races won in a single season. Schumacher is the only German to have won the drivers' championship. According to Eurobusiness, he is the world's first billionaire athlete, tens of millions of which he has donated to humanitarian causes. He announced his retirement as a driver on September 10, 2006, and will be replaced at Ferrari by Kimi Räikkönen for the 2007 season.[1]
Schumacher has attracted controversy during his long career. His rivals have accused him of being excessively ruthless and unsportsmanlike on the track. Although these accusations have not always been supported by the FIA, he was stripped of his second place in the 1997 championship after he was judged to have deliberately driven into title rival Jacques Villeneuve at the final race of the season.
He has been noted throughout his career for his ability to produce fast laps at crucial moments in a race and for his abilities on wet racetracks, earning him the title "Regenkönig" (rain king) or "Regenmeister" (rain master)[2]. As the senior driver in the Formula One world championship, Schumacher has continued to win races up to and including the 2006 season, having won at least one race every season since his first victory in 1992.
Michael Schumacher has also become a committed spokesman for road safety, most recently in support of the Make Roads Safe campaign. At the end of 2006, Ferrari will define Schumacher's new position within the reorganised Ferrari team, following his retirement as a race driver.:-(
2006-09-15 18:20:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be a loss for F1 he is one of the greatest driver ever to race, he is liked by most of the other drivers and has great knowledge on how to set up a race car. He has also broken every record in the book, he will be missed on the circuit.
2006-09-10 22:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by Mark H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Glad to see the back him, Never forgiven him for deliberately taking Damon Hill out of the 1994 Australian GP, Damon Hill had 91 points & Shoe Muck was leading the championship 92 points had just crashed into the barrier, saw Damon coming up to pass him & swung into his path cliping his front wheel damaging the front susspension which prevented Damon getting any points in the Final race ot the season
So I say good riddence to bad rubbish
2006-09-10 10:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by ricardo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was honestly crying-man enough to admit it, but Fernando is a good man to have around, good driver, good guy to root for. Also Heiki Kovalinen (?) is bloody quick and I wish he had been in F1 this year, so I'm really looking forward to seeing him. Maybe Schumi secretly plans to join Renault and they will be teamates. Am I in some kind of denial?
2006-09-10 10:18:37 · answer #8 · answered by Sean B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About time!
I just hope the new racers have not learned from him that cheating sometimes give you the advantage. Motor racing always used to be a gentleman's sport - I wonder what some of the old drivers would make of what is happening to their beloved sport. I notice that Stirling Moss has said nothing for years! What does that tell you!
2006-09-10 03:49:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's no good, with JPM and schumacher gone. but at the same time you have to make way and give opportunity to new and younger talents. since victory seemed to come easy last year, i hope alonso wins this season and seals his name as the one who truly beat a living legend.
2006-09-10 04:06:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋