It isn't. But I would simply go by what MS said himself: He said he would quit once he gets beaten and he did so. And he said he would never return and so far hasn't. MS often danced around issues in press conferences, but normally when he made a solid statement, it wasn't bollocks.
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Isn't it funny how the press hounded him relentlessly about when he was going to retire and now that he has, they immediately start asking when he's coming back?
Unlike some on here He aint coming back ,and if he did he would go out like a roach, to much too risk IMO.
Schumi is getting old and he left at a good time, just enough to enjoy his hype but not at his peak. He needs to lead and teach ferrari's younger drivers to be like him now.
good post. i agree with u about retiring at the top. he didn't win the WDC and bow out, but he's last race showed us he still didn't lose any of his speed.
correct Andreas. but u did bring up the tyre issue here. well, it's Michelin and not BS that has experience in endurace racing. well, aside from that, the whole chassis just didn't get with the tyres anyways, i'm talking about the F2005 . but that, was the worst rule i've ever seen the FIA came up till now.
I don't think he'll go back racing again, but I'm sure he is enjoying very much being faster than the official pilots when testing the car. http://www.webyaa.com/category/cars
Interesting point and could probably fill an entire thread as there are so many bad rules. One tire per race could actually be reintroduced now that we have only one manufacturer and it wouldn't make much of a difference. Personally I can't say which rule I hate more: The fact that they can no longer refuel (devalueing pole drastically) or that the engine has to last two races (soon to be 4). Alternatively we could also moan about the lack of rules they actually should introduce, things like reversed grid.
A close pass resulted in the cut tire, enough said. Yes, MS would have had more points, but you can't say he would have won. If you take away his DNF's then you have to take away all DNF's for all drivers. Having 2 failures a year is very uncommon for the last several year MS was racing but it is common for all other cars. Some teams have that happen in the space of 4 hours on Friday. And I made the indestructible comment because soo many people were shocked when it happened. Too bad, get over it. He's lucky to have had so few break downs anyway.
4 years without a mechanical DNF is hardly all luck. Reliability was a major part of Brawn's engineering philisophy. They achieved that level of reliability by design, not all luck.
Well you throwing personal attacks out is hardly adult like for you. You made the comment about being indestructible. No one mentioned anything about being indestructible. Barbazza is right, reliability is the key. Ferrari had a very reliable car. It was more luck for Renault that Ferrari blew the engine than it was lucky that Ferrari had a reliable car for 2 years. As far as a close pass goes, the wing hit Schumi's tire, thereby causing it to puncture, deflate, and shred. IT was an attempt to pass, it was a poor attempt. A rookie driver with 1 leg and half blind could have passed better or made a netter attempt to pass rather than running into the rear of Schumi's tire. Ok I'm done wasting my breath on you now.
Open your eyes guys, you can plan to have a reliable car but the cars break all the time {for how long their driven}, yes Ferrari has had a long string of races without DNF's but you can't say it was because they wanted it. It was because they worked hard, had good parts and just didn't have bad fortune with random things. I'll bet that no team goes 4 years without a mechanical DNF in F1 ever again. It's too much of a streak.
Where's the insult? I made the comment about being indestructible because you mentioned that "if" the engine didn't blow etc.... So you want 5 years without a DNF?
well, thanks goodness they scrapped that 1 tyre rule. right now, i wanna see real racing, not 2 race engine thing. i wanna see some real pushing, not some economy drive
Same here, but as long as Mad Max rules F1 is turning into endurance racing. Remember the days when there were unlimited amounts of tires and engines for any day? When there were qualifying tires as soft as chewing gum? When there were qualifying engines producing 1,200+ hp? Powered by fuel toxic enough to run the Space Shuttle. Today we talk about hybrids. Arrgh.
Economy drive, you mean like the 80s when you couldn't refuel during a race? Yea, that was real boring...
Not really. It led to some absolutely mesmerizing finishes. I remember Imola and Monaco where cars dropped like flies in the last couple of laps.
