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[7UpJordan]

What would be interesting to know would be where and when Schumacher would have made his debut in F1 if Bertrand Gachot hadn't sprayed CS gas in a London cabby's face and subsequently not gone in the nick and kept his race seat at Jordan.

In 1991 Schumacher was with Sauber's Sportscar team with Frentzen and Wendlinger, and Wendlinger made his debut that same year as a pay-driver for the Leyton House team in the final 2 races of the season. Schumacher could have done the races with Leyton House instead of Wendlinger.

But also at the same time Tom Walkinshaw - who had just taken over the Benetton team - was a great admirer of Schumacher, and he was the man who brought him straight into Benetton and paid-off and laid-off Roberto Moreno controversially. So that could possibly have happened, however Schumacher's drive in the Jordan at Spa was probably the catalyst behind that move. So more realistically Walkinshaw might have offered Schumacher a test drive in the winter break or a shoot-out against Moreno instead and given him the drive for 1992.

[deMuRe]

What would be interesting to know would be where and when Schumacher would have made his debut in F1 if Bertrand Gachot hadn't sprayed CS gas in a London cabby's face and subsequently not gone in the nick and kept his race seat at Jordan.

In 1991 Schumacher was with Sauber's Sportscar team with Frentzen and Wendlinger, and Wendlinger made his debut that same year as a pay-driver for the Leyton House team in the final 2 races of the season. Schumacher could have done the races with Leyton House instead of Wendlinger.

But also at the same time Tom Walkinshaw - who had just taken over the Benetton team - was a great admirer of Schumacher, and he was the man who brought him straight into Benetton and paid-off and laid-off Roberto Moreno controversially. So that could possibly have happened, however Schumacher's drive in the Jordan at Spa was probably the catalyst behind that move. So more realistically Walkinshaw might have offered Schumacher a test drive in the winter break or a shoot-out against Moreno instead and given him the drive for 1992.

Heh, I'm doing a 2nd pass on Schumacher's book and I was just reading this 20 mins ago...

I never understood why he went to Sportscars, I guess it was because at the time Frentzen was considered a better driver and got the chance to jump straight in before he did...

[7UpJordan]

Heh, I'm doing a 2nd pass on Schumacher's book and I was just reading this 20 mins ago...

I never understood why he went to Sportscars, I guess it was because at the time Frentzen was considered a better driver and got the chance to jump straight in before he did...

Peter Sauber rated Frentzen a higher driver than Schumacher, and I guess it also allowed Schumacher to jump in and nick his girlfriend - now Mrs Schumacher.

I am surprised though that Schumacher didn't jump straight into an F1 seat for the start of 1991 as Hakkinen got a drive with Lotus and he and Schumacher both had their coming together in Macau the previous year. Damon Hill had also just been given the test driver role at Williams helping develop the radical FW14.

Mind you, Senna liked to play his "waiting games" when he turned down a heap of contracts from McLaren and Williams before deciding to make his F1 entrance with Toleman. So I guess Schumacher was doing just the same.

[deMuRe]

Heh, I'm doing a 2nd pass on Schumacher's book and I was just reading this 20 mins ago...

I never understood why he went to Sportscars, I guess it was because at the time Frentzen was considered a better driver and got the chance to jump straight in before he did...

Peter Sauber rated Frentzen a higher driver than Schumacher, and I guess it also allowed Schumacher to jump in and nick his girlfriend - now Mrs Schumacher.

I am surprised though that Schumacher didn't jump straight into an F1 seat for the start of 1991 as Hakkinen got a drive with Lotus and he and Schumacher both had their coming together in Macau the previous year. Damon Hill had also just been given the test driver role at Williams helping develop the radical FW14.

Mind you, Senna liked to play his "waiting games" when he turned down a heap of contracts from McLaren and Williams before deciding to make his F1 entrance with Toleman. So I guess Schumacher was doing just the same.

Heh, the FW14, I've been watching some races from the early 90's recently and that Williams was an engineering masterpiece. It just looked so planted. Watching the other cars trying to keep up in comparison is like watching an excited dog trying to change direction on wooden floors! You know it was rumoured the FW14 was so advanced it practically breathed, wouldn't surprise me if the team fed it live chickens when nobody was looking.

[darwin dali]

Nah, they fed it venison from really fast deer that were unfortunate enough to stare in the headlights