And 99. Would have easily won that title if he didn't break his leg. Irvine took it to the last race...
When Paul McCartney was individually inducted (as opposed to his induction with the Beatles) into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame he had been a solo artist for so long that his daughter appeared at the ceremony wearing a shirt that said, "IT'S ABOUT F***ING TIME". That's exactly how I feel about this particular honor for Michael.
Me too, I never knew there was a hall of fame, but I'd have expected Michael to be their top honoured member
"Carey also announced that Liberty Media will name a conference room at F1's new London headquarters after legend Michael Schumacher." JULY 20, 2017 Carey wants more German teams in F1 F1 CEO Chase Carey says he wants more German carmakers to join the category. Not just that, the American - who now runs the sport in ousted F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone's wake - told Germany's Sport Bild he will fight to keep a German grand prix on the calendar. Absent in 2017, Hockenheim returns to the schedule for 2018 and Carey said: "We have a German champion, a German car as champion, a German fighting for the title this year and we would like to have more German teams. "The German grand prix has a great history and we want to fight for it to continue," he added. Asked if by 'more German teams' he is referring to BMW, Porsche or Audi, Carey admitted: "Of course. "Our goal is that companies like that want to run teams in formula one, and it's why we are adjusting the technical and economic conditions." Carey also announced that Liberty Media will name a conference room at F1's new London headquarters after legend Michael Schumacher. "Michael is a cult figure of the sport," said the American. "He defines the ultimate in a F1 racing driver, so we will pay tribute by naming one of the conference rooms after him."
That's very, very debatable, on many points: First, some accute observers have written that Häkkinen would have been more motivated and more focused had Schumacher not been absent, and the fact that his adversary was Irvine instead has unsettled him. Second, if it would have been different, then this means that another scenario may have unfolded, not the one that would give the title to Michael; if Michael has been battling with Mika Hakkinen all season long, perhaps the title could have been Heinz-Harald Frentzen's, for instance, who had an extraordinary season in 1999? Whatever the truth, I just can't understand these considerations: what has been, has been. And it has been the way it has been. As we say in French "And if my aunt got some, then she would be my uncle". Rgds
Heinz-Harold-Frentzen may have won the title that year, but didn't MS get his wife? (Trying to inject a little humor to a depressing subject.)
