F399 vs F300

F399. Schumacher would have walked that title if it wasn't for his injuries.

 

The F399 won the constructors championship. The F300 nothing.

But the performance of the F300 was handicapped by the Goodyear tires, so who knows.

 

I will say that Michael's performance in the F300 is one of the greatest of all time.

 

If Irvine almost won the title, Schumacher would have had little trouble.

The Cube? Sorry I don't follow.

 

Agreed.

That drive by Michael was unbelievable - he was on another planet. Freaking Coulthard....

 

I would say..****ing coulthard!!

 

I don´t like playing "what ifs", but if Schumacher had not crashed and scored the same points that Irvine got since the British GP, plus the win at Malaysia that he had to hand down to Irvine, plus his 2nd place at Suzuka versus Irvine´s 3rd, he would have won the championship with ease.

 

Since then i never said "break a leg" again to anyone....

 

If a Frog had wings, he wouldn't land on his ass every time he jumps.

Hakkinen won the WDC!

Everyone else can cry in their beer!

 

Lol who is crying? Certainly not Schumacher fans...7 WDCs works for me.

Hakkinen was "meh" in 1999, made such hard work out of that WDC with mistakes in what was clearly the best car on the grid. I'll never forget him crying in the bushes after cocking up an easy win at Monza. Similar to Hamilton 2008. The only competition for both were Ferrari number 2s and both barely won.

 

We all know that your opinion about Hakkinen is "biased" ;-) But probably even you will admit that 1999 was not his best season.

Yet, as I´ve said I don´t like "what ifs" either.

 

Definitely. The F399 was easily the fastest car of the season.

Not really. Never rule a comeback. If Salo who knew almost nothing of the car can come aboard and almost win at Hockenheim..imagine the car in Schumi's hands..

 

Not really, even if the 96 benetton was far from being as good as the 95 car, Alesi was pretty good on that car, i would say almost even with Shummy in the Ferrari

 

After winning both champioships, and using the same Renault engine of the winning Williams, 4th is not a good result.

In the end, there are not saviours: Brawn, Newey, Barnard... they all have made good and bad cars.

 

Both Alesi and Berger hated the 1995 Benetton when they drove it. Schumacher may have been flattering that car.

 

That´s true, even Shumy said the car was difficult as oposed to the 94 car that he liked very much...he said once he didn't know how he was able to win the championship in that..i do, the best car had Hill and D.c driving, LOLOLO, and the Ferraris where still worse than the benettons!!!

 

The Benetton of 1995 couldn´t be so bad when even a Johnny Herbert ignored by his own team was able to get some decent results with it.

 

Certainly not bad, but not the fastest car that year. The Williams was faster. That said, I remember reading where Alesi and Berger stepped in to test it following MS's departure and found it very difficult to drive.

 

I am a Hakkinen fanboy. (That does not diminish my admiration for Schuey.)

I am not a fan of the "What Ifs" that are so common on the internet. When playing the What If game, one could easily say that -- except for the pit crew man on the left rear wheel gun, Hakkinen would have won the 2000 WDC, and taken a hat trick if titles.

Or I could point to an FIA ruling on the McLarens--that didn't apply to other cars--which severely diminished their performance relative to the other cars. (Recall, in the first race of '98, the McLarens lapped the entire field up to 3rd place. And they were holding back.)

Interesting that the thing the FIA outlawed, which was changing the brake bias during a lap, is now a button on the steering wheel.