..at the end of the season reports the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5332630.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/5332630.stm
Schumacher To Retire...
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Brauny Blue
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Love or hate him his record will take some beating
Melton Fox
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You have all been privelidged to witness the greatest F1 driver of all time in his prime. I'm sorry to see him retire.
He took Benetton from nothing to a success, he turned Ferrari into an untouchable F1 team when we already thought when Berger and Alessi were doing a great job.
He knows exactly what is car is doing and why it does it. There has never been a driver in the history of F1 that can feel the slightest thing in his car and report back to the pits to amend it for the next practice lap like Schumy can
I had the good fortune to bump into him in a BP garage, and although we never spoke he gave me a nod and a wink to acknowledge that I knew who he was (I was parked next to him)
Yes, when he was racing Hill I hated him for his unsporting tactics and general British/German rivallry. But I hated him more out of respect and admiration for the guy than a genuine hate like most people seem to.
He has became my favourite F1 driver in living history. Great driver and the sport will be worse off without him
He took Benetton from nothing to a success, he turned Ferrari into an untouchable F1 team when we already thought when Berger and Alessi were doing a great job.
He knows exactly what is car is doing and why it does it. There has never been a driver in the history of F1 that can feel the slightest thing in his car and report back to the pits to amend it for the next practice lap like Schumy can
I had the good fortune to bump into him in a BP garage, and although we never spoke he gave me a nod and a wink to acknowledge that I knew who he was (I was parked next to him)
Yes, when he was racing Hill I hated him for his unsporting tactics and general British/German rivallry. But I hated him more out of respect and admiration for the guy than a genuine hate like most people seem to.
He has became my favourite F1 driver in living history. Great driver and the sport will be worse off without him
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Hector
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I think most of us grow to dislike people who are just too good. I certainly always want him to lose.
Probably his bad guy image is unfair though. His apparent aloofness is because he's basically a rather shy, private person, and extremely focussed on what he is doing. It always seems to me that he is immensely popular with his mechanics, and close to them. A german friend once told me that he is also very popular in his local community, as he lacks airs and graces, is unaffected, and leads a relatively normal life (considering his great wealth). If that is true, then it is refreshing in a world of so many preening primadonnas in the worlds of film/fashion/music/sport etc.
Good luck to him in his retirement.
Probably his bad guy image is unfair though. His apparent aloofness is because he's basically a rather shy, private person, and extremely focussed on what he is doing. It always seems to me that he is immensely popular with his mechanics, and close to them. A german friend once told me that he is also very popular in his local community, as he lacks airs and graces, is unaffected, and leads a relatively normal life (considering his great wealth). If that is true, then it is refreshing in a world of so many preening primadonnas in the worlds of film/fashion/music/sport etc.
Good luck to him in his retirement.
Yes it is. Hill 1994, Villeneurve 1997.
He is a cheating bastard, i'll be glad to see the back of him.
fcukcov
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It took a lot of hard work with my spanner to loosen that nut that held the piston in place but I did it in the end!!! Stupid german tosser!! haha
Brauny Blue
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Don't be suprised if his Ferrari partner Massa takes Alonso out in the final race allowing the kraut to win.:icon_roll
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