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  1. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    Michael Schumacher has admitted for the first time that the ascendancy of reigning world champion Fernando Alonso contributed to his decision to retire.

    At the height of his championship reign earlier this decade, the seven time world champion repeatedly declared that the right time to stop will be when a younger driver starts to regularly beat him.

    38-year-old Schumacher told the Spanish language magazine Gentleman this week that he decided to call it a day at the end of 2006 principally because he detected his dedication to the sport beginning to slip.

    He added: "And I always said that the day a younger driver went past me would tell me that the moment had arrived to leave.
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    Schumacher also revealed that he sympathises with his 2006 championship rival, as Alonso now endures a somewhat negative relationship with the media.

    "I have been astonished by the commentaries of certain journalists," the German said.

    "This person is the youngest double world champion of all time, but they write that he is arrogant and inaccessible ..."




    he can't be on his way to Ferrari...isn't it? :)
     
  2. Remy Zero

    Remy Zero Two Time F1 World Champ

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    and what Fred has to say :


    Fernando Alonso has welcomed the selection of his 2006 title rival Michael Schumacher as the winner of the Spanish Prince of Asturias award for this year.

    Alonso, who was born in the Asturian capital Oviedo and won the prize two years ago, declared in an official communication to the organisers that 38-year-old Schumacher is 'a great champion' who 'deserves the distinction'.

    Alonso and Schumacher, who retired as a Ferrari driver and record seven time world champion at the end of last season, shared a close and controversial chase for the 2006 title.


    26-year-old Alonso emerged from the season as a back-to-back championship winner, and said of his German rival on Wednesday: "I am happy for him, because he deserves it, and I am happy for my sport that is involved in an accolade of this magnitude."

    Current championship leader Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, this week received GQ magazine's Sportsman of the Year award at London's Royal Opera House.
     
  3. cantsleepnk

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    Man I really miss MS. I would have liked to see him fight it out with KR , LH and FA especially now that everyone is on the Bridgestones.
     
  4. Remy Zero

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    he'd prolly be walking away with the championship :)
     
  5. tifosi12

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    So much for all those who think FA was just lucky to have won his two titles.
     
  6. futureowner

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    I like how these two were at each other's throats while competing, now everyone's best friends! Nothing like pr :)
     
  7. tifosi12

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    Senna/Prost all over again.
     
  8. futureowner

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    I'm too young to remember that, I would just like someone to have asked Alonso right after that what he still thought of his "Schumacher is worse than Zidane" comment.
     
  9. tifosi12

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    Prost and Senna drove each other deliberately off the track and had nothing but bad words for each other at any press conference. Once Senna was no longer a threat (because he died) Prost was going soft and talked about his great friend etc etc.

    Schumacher probably didn't mind the Zidane comment too much as Zidane is one of his idols. MS drove Zidane around in his FXX.
     
  10. Julio Batista

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    Well said, and well posted !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thank you!!!
     
  11. futureowner

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    I did know about the on-track things between Prost and Senna but didn't know about the change of opinion after Senna's death, doesn't surprise me, it'd be pretty bad to still talk poorly about someone after a death.
     
  12. Julio Batista

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    Some people on this board repeat that ridiculous and unsporting fabrication with incredible frequency (about half their posts), hoping to make it become true through repetition. They need help.
     
  13. Remy Zero

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    i don't think Fred was lucky. it was pure hard work, IMO. yes, FIA did everything they could to ensure MS didn't get the title back in 2005, but he still had Kimi's constant threat there. then, 2006...well... :)
     
  14. Remy Zero

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    for all we know, it's just a misquote. or perhaps, he could have genuinely said that. but that happens. in whatever sport it is.
     
  15. cantsleepnk

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    On track Alonso is a great driver and a fierce competitor. He has incredible car control . Just watch him during warmup laps how he flings his car from side to side trying to warm up the tires. However his actions in Hungary and all the quotes attributed to him make him less than the perfect driver in my book.

    The only Ferrari opponent that earned my respect was Mika Hakkinen. No mind games,no excuses and no BS off track. He just got in the car and drove and When he lost he just took it with grace.
    Lewis Hamilton is getting up there too with me . I think he'll take all of MS records by the time he's done with F-1 and he'll be one of the greats unlike Alonso not matter how many championships he wins.

    Cheers
     
  16. Julio Batista

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    That sounds perfectly reasonable, and you might well be right.

    I am not saying that FA is perfect or that he will be one of the greats (although he still is the youngest WDC); I am just saying that it is ridiculous to assert that he won two WDC's by chance. It appears that MS agrees with me.

    Cheers
     
  17. Senna1994

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    Very well stated. Alonso in the car regardless of what is happening right now with Hamilton is a joy to watch, very smooth and precise.
     
  18. Senna3xWC

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    Actually Senna and Prost settled their differences once Prost retired, they did in fact become sincere friends before Senna's death and Prost acted as a pallbearer at the funeral.
     
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    Here's the proof:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=M56-m-zuFsw
     
  20. Remy Zero

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    thats true. i remember Post was saying after he retired, Senna's attitude totally changed towards him. they were just too competetive, both of them.
     
  21. Julio Batista

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    What? no reaction from the Alonso haters (the most rabid one in particular)? This is a fascinating quote by the world's greatest F1 driver!

    So.... Bump!
     
  22. tifosi12

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    It is indeed, which is why I'd like to know where it came from. Not that I doubt it (MS said all along that he retires once he gets beaten by a younger driver), but I'd like to be able to quote it again at some future point. Because rest assured somebody will come on here again and say FA was just lucky and it was other reasons that caused MS to retire.

    Remy, where did you find this priceless piece of information?
     
  23. Julio Batista

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    Yes, but not quite yet. They are too busy right now believing everything that comes out in the press, and fabricating very inventive conspiracy theories.

    I do hope that if and when they do respond, they will use their fertile and elegant wit to invent yet another obscene and juvenile moniker for FA, as the current one is becoming a bit tiresome.
     
  24. futureowner

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    I don't believe FA was lucky, I acknowledge that he had competition. In 2005 Ferrari and Bridgestone were off, he still had to be McLaren. In 2006, I still think MS would have won if Japan hadn't happened, but FA still needed to accumulate enough points to win the championship. He won 2 championships and is one of the three fastest drivers in F1, probably the most complete.

    That being said, I still don't like him :)
     
  25. Julio Batista

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    Well said.

    I don't like him either: he is an arrogant and ungrateful young man with much to learn. But he is also an extraordinary driver, he is a pleasure to watch on the circuit, and he will always be able to say that he pushed the greatest one into retirement.
     

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