- 04 May 10, 22:31#198263
So why was Schumacher specifically better than the others you mentioned when they've all had, according to you, the best cars when they won titles? That is one question i have never, ever got a straight answer to, apart from 'he won more titles' which is quite a black and white way to look at it and, as i've said before, ignores a lot of important things.
edit - Flav has appropriately made a few comments today -
I disagree that Schumacher can't bounce back, and it would be absurd to write him off like that. However, he does allude to the competition at the moment, so i guess i agree with him on that (worryingly enough)!
His comments on Button smack of sour grapes though. 
In my opinion, If you have 7 world titles, then you're the greatest driver in history. Hmmm... Everyone else who wins World Championships have had fast cars.....
Senna either won a championship or came second in a McLaren. Prost similarly in a McLaren or a Williams. Fangio in whatever.
The guys who win always have had fast cars. Same with Schumacher. Schumacher was better than all of them.
So why was Schumacher specifically better than the others you mentioned when they've all had, according to you, the best cars when they won titles? That is one question i have never, ever got a straight answer to, apart from 'he won more titles' which is quite a black and white way to look at it and, as i've said before, ignores a lot of important things.
edit - Flav has appropriately made a few comments today -
Things will only get harder for Michael Schumacher as the season progresses, reckons his former team boss Flavio Briatore.
Schumacher, returning to F1 after an absence of three years, has so far been outperformed by his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
And although the seven-time champion is hoping to make progress as the season moves on, Briatore told Autosprint that he thinks Schumacher's life will be more difficult.
"On the contrary, I think it will be harder and harder for him," said Briatore when asked if he expected Schumacher to improve during the season.
"I don't know how he can recover. I think the competition is fierce. He made the decision to return without thinking that, in four years, the cars and the tyres have changed massively."
He added: "I've always said that it would be difficult for him to stay ahead of Rosberg. You can't come back in such a competitive sport after four or five years. Prost did, but only one season had gone by.
"Today, instead, he's found some tough customers, because in F1 there have never been drivers as good as this year. There's Hamilton, Fernando, Vettel, Rosberg..."
Briatore also said he has not changed his opinion about Jenson Button, despite the Briton leading the championship after four races.
The Italian reckons the world champion is still not among the top five drivers.
"We'll see how it ends up between Button and Hamilton at the end of the season. Jenson has done well, he's won two races and we know why: he was able to manage things and had luck on his side.
"I don't speak badly of him, I just say that he is not among the five quickest drivers in F1."
I disagree that Schumacher can't bounce back, and it would be absurd to write him off like that. However, he does allude to the competition at the moment, so i guess i agree with him on that (worryingly enough)!
His comments on Button smack of sour grapes though. Rising number one of Formula 1, Juan - Juan, one wonders should Juan only win one Formula 1 one year, would Juan have won that one in round one, Juan??
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