- 28 Sep 12, 13:04#323221
So of course the Lewis / Mercedes / Perez / McLaren issue is dominating the headlines, but in amongst it Michael Schuamcher has only had the odd mention.
The question is - is this it? Is this the final and definite end of his F1 story? Many thought that after he 'retired' from Ferrari that he was finished, but I know that I, and a few others always had their suspicions that he might come back at some point. At 43 going on 44, if he does retire, this time it will be for good.
Personally I don't buy the 'he's too old for F1' or 'his reactions are going' nonsense. You don't set the pole time at Monaco with anything other than the best reactions, and that was only 4/5 months ago. You don't match and on many occasions this season be ahead of your mid-20's team mate if you're 'too old'.
The Singapore issue, we still haven't had complete clarity on, it may have been completely driver error, there may have been an issue with cold brakes, but either way, plenty of drivers have misjudged braking in F1 whether young or old, and at every circuit. Schumi was unlucky that there were two drivers right in front of him when he did it, many others have overshot corners and chicanes and gotten away with it because they were on their own on the way in. Such is life in motor racing.
We can't forget that Schumacher had horrendous luck for literally the first 7 or 8 races this season, and should likely have around double the points haul he currently does. I can't help but feel Mercedes for these past three years have badly let him down, with them being the ones to allow this question mark to hang over whether he was right to come back or not, not Michael himself (beyond the first 2010 season which obviously took a bit of readjustment).
So what do you want him to do / think he will do? Retire? Move to another team such as Sauber?
The question is - is this it? Is this the final and definite end of his F1 story? Many thought that after he 'retired' from Ferrari that he was finished, but I know that I, and a few others always had their suspicions that he might come back at some point. At 43 going on 44, if he does retire, this time it will be for good.
Personally I don't buy the 'he's too old for F1' or 'his reactions are going' nonsense. You don't set the pole time at Monaco with anything other than the best reactions, and that was only 4/5 months ago. You don't match and on many occasions this season be ahead of your mid-20's team mate if you're 'too old'.
The Singapore issue, we still haven't had complete clarity on, it may have been completely driver error, there may have been an issue with cold brakes, but either way, plenty of drivers have misjudged braking in F1 whether young or old, and at every circuit. Schumi was unlucky that there were two drivers right in front of him when he did it, many others have overshot corners and chicanes and gotten away with it because they were on their own on the way in. Such is life in motor racing.
We can't forget that Schumacher had horrendous luck for literally the first 7 or 8 races this season, and should likely have around double the points haul he currently does. I can't help but feel Mercedes for these past three years have badly let him down, with them being the ones to allow this question mark to hang over whether he was right to come back or not, not Michael himself (beyond the first 2010 season which obviously took a bit of readjustment).
So what do you want him to do / think he will do? Retire? Move to another team such as Sauber?
Favourite racing series: F1, Indycar, NASCAR, GP2, F3, Formula E, Trophee Andros, DTM, WTCC, BTCC, World Endurance... etc. etc.
*gentle push, closes door*
