Makes me want to light up!
I know Mika. He is a genuinely nice guy. With Coulthard, Schuey should have run wider, and did not need to slingshot in the rain. Schuey hit him in the back. Senna was ruthless and you are right on this. The family interviews were tough. The family is handling it with grace.
Just watched it. As much as the F1 fan base misses him and wants to know more, I have to respect his family and what they have and are going through. We were robbed of a race car driver. They were robbed of a son, a husband, a brother, a dad. We watched his career and enjoyed it. And as much as he could be a family man during his career, his family has been robbed of so much of their shared life with him due to a tragic accident. I can only believe Mick would be a much better driver if his dad was alongside him mentoring him. As has already been said, Michael has a great family - and a great network of lifelong friends. I hope he can still understand that, whatever level he is at today. Goes to show you never know what's waiting for you around the corner. As Corina said, this situation is not unique to them. A true dose of reality. I consider myself fortunate to have had the opportunity to watch him race many times, and to have met him once, albeit briefly during the first race at Indy. Respect to his family.
Watched it. It was not what I was expecting. I was very underwhelmed. And that’s okay. Glad it’s available for people to know who he was and his career. I wish it showed more of the Ferrari domination.
Been sick so just had a chance to catch up on Schumacher the other day. It was actually better than I thought. It did a great job of showing what a wonderful human being he is (was?), but as feared it really went light on the negatives of his on track behavior that prevent him from ever being considered a true great by many, myself included. Even the Senna pic, which was heavily vetted by Senna's family, gave a little more fair sided coverage of some of his on track negatives. Other than Hill 94, and even then forgot he was driving an illegal car, and Villaneauve 97, but left out all the other disgraceful and dangerous things he did. I'm glad it exists so those who missed his era can catch up. I just wish it was more well rounded in it's portrayal, but to the victor goes the spoils, so his family can continue the narrative they've chosen. Great human outside the car. One of the best raw driving talents ever inside the car. Very sub par 'Racing driver' for who statistics and worship try hard to ignore his dirty dangerous tricks and lack of sportsmanship.
I thought it was okay... not what I expected. I understand the privacy issue, but I don't see why the family can't at least let his millions of loyal fans know his condition. We don't need pictures or details... just what is his state. Is he able to speak.. at all? Is he is completely in a vegetative state? I guess it's their right for sure, but it would be nice to let people know how he really is rather than this secrecy.
Yea, but I think… reading between the lines… you don’t want to know Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
I find with documentaries that I really enjoy them when I don't know a lot about the subject. I watched a great one about the band Lynyrd Skynyrd recently. I like their music, but didn't know a great deal about their story. With the Schumacher doc - much like Drive To Survive I, and probably many of you, knew the story so well that the bits that were missed really stood out. I guess there are Skynyrd fans on forums complaining about their documentary! I watched it with my wife, who is definitely not an F1 fan. She loved it and came away feeling that Michael was a pretty special guy and I think she had more of an understanding of why I am a fan. Job done I'd say!
I think these are made with male and female audiences in mind, with emphasis on family. We are all human, and desire that human touch. Our accomplishments and things are nothing without family and love.
Overall I liked it, but one important point is distorted, in my humble opinion. They portraided it as if Schumacher was more talented and thus threatening Senna, which ultimately caused Senna to overdrive the car and fatally crash. First of all, the Benetton B194 had an illegal traction control that gave an important boost over the Williams. Second, after Williams solved the nervousness of the chassis, even Damon Hill who didn't have 1/10 of Senna's talent, was able to catch up in the championship and just lost for one point after that fatitical clash in Adelaide. Had Senna not died, 1994 would be a walk in the park for him and probably in the years after. Apart from that, I didn't understand why they interviewed David Coulthard and Mark Webber but not Barrichello and Massa. The first was there at all the Ferrari titles and the latter was practically mentored by Schumacher.
