Michael Schumacher Retires From F1 Confirmed

I think his comeback performance has been poor. Poor for a driver who is always on the "greatest of all time" top 3 or top 5. His comeback performance is totally OK for a normal solid driver, though.

And i think the reason for this is not age but simply... too many years out of the sport. I think that has hurt Michael a lot. Take for example Luca Badoer, the guy wasn't a bad driver at all, he was very good pre-F1 and a solid driver on F1. Yet he was embarrasing on that Ferrari.

This is a sport in which every year out of F1 will cause a lot of harm.

JACKIE STEWART says retirement is overdue and should have happened long ago:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rmula1/19834309

JACKIE STEWART says retirement is overdue and should have happened long ago:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rmula1/19834309

Edited by Sof1, 04 October 2012 - 17:06.

I wait some comments from Stirling Moss too...

I read this article. What a bitter pr!ck. On the eve of the guy's retirement he tries to diminish his accomplishments. Saying he drove a lot more races than X,y and himself. He is so self absorbed and envious of Michael. Saying these drivers mistakes would not have happened with other drivers. How the heck would he know? Did they drive at Michael's age in this era? What an idiot.

Nothing positive to say, then STFU, particularly on the eve Schumacher is retiring. He can criticise him all he wants at a later date. NO respect!

BBC and the pictures they put up on this article, all crashes! What bitter *****. Typical British Media i was talking about before. (not all of course are the same)

EDIT: Added BBC article comment.

JACKIE STEWART says retirement is overdue and should have happened long ago:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rmula1/19834309

My personal point is that in general it is the fault of modern stupid rules of both sports and technical sides of modern F1. Michael, like the last of the Mohicans, is a representative of another era, the heroic age of motor sport.

Edited by flavio81, 04 October 2012 - 17:28.

You mean the era of active suspension (1992, 1993) and automatic launch control (1994+)?
With different tire manufacturers making the field uneven (2005+) ?

What is so heroic, compared to now? This year we have no driver aids, a more closely matched performance in cars, and we have an almost record amount of WDC winners and race winners in the grid. In the previous years, it was often the case that one team had a crucial technical advantage over others (i.e. Turbo engines with special fuel composition 1983, Ground effects 1978, Renault Mass Damper, Active Suspension 1992, etc etc etc). This year the drivers are mattering more.

No sir, i like current F1 better. Except for DRS which is a joke.

I hope MS does Le Mans or something.

He should never have retired in 2006 and I was over the moon when he came back.

To me he hasn't damaged his reputation at all, F1 is a different beast to what it was when he was owing the field.

Wish he had stayed on but only he knows what is right to do.

Thanks for everything, Michael.

The signs were there all year. Too bad he got nothing but 1 pole (that he had to give away) and 1 podium out of his comeback.
Even this F1 king finally lost his magic...

I hope MS does Le Mans or something.

My personal point is that in general it is the fault of modern stupid rules of both sports and technical sides of modern F1. Michael, like the last of the Mohicans, is a representative of another era, the heroic age of motor sport.

Edited by steveninthematrix, 04 October 2012 - 18:10.

Well, in his heroic era, from 1994 to 2004, he only had to fight against one or two Williams or McLaren cars. Nobody else was even close. 01, 02 and 04 he had no opposition at all.

Taking 7 WDCs in those circumstances is not necessarily quite as magnificent as it sounds...

Well, in his heroic era, from 1994 to 2004, he only had to fight against one or two Williams or McLaren cars. Nobody else was even close. 01, 02 and 04 he had no opposition at all.

Taking 7 WDCs in those circumstances is not necessarily quite as magnificent as it sounds...

and Senna never won a championship in a Mclaren which was miles ahead of everyone? and neither did Prost in a williams?

Edited by BetaVersion, 04 October 2012 - 18:24.

and Senna never won a championship in a Mclaren which was miles ahead of everyone? and neither did Prost in a williams?

"the tallest tree catches the most wind"

So if you're "too good" it shouldn't count as winning now?

What nonsense.

MS raced in an era where the strong survived and the weak......

MS raced against AS, AP, NM and others that were hard racers.

But I have been feeling that MS and this modern F1 may not be 100% compatible.

Monza 2011 affirmed that for me, with LH needing the FIA to go past MS. (I don't blame LH, I blame the FIA rulebook)

MS could have soaked up the pressure all day under the old regs.

JB passing MS in Canada 2011 also underlines this new F1. DRS essentially giving JB the win....

Perhaps it is good that MS leaves now....

There is nothing wrong in praising a driver who is retiring. But Monza 2011 was a fault with the modern F1? Many would say that was how the old F1 was until some newbies came in the 80s and 90s and changed it. No double moves, no weaving, leave a car's width if you are coming back after one move - Perfectly fine racing rules. Let's have some perspective.

There is nothing wrong in praising a driver who is retiring. But Monza 2011 was a fault with the modern F1? Many would say that was how the old F1 was until some newbies came in the 80s and 90s and changed it. No double moves, no weaving, leave a car's width if you are coming back after one move - Perfectly fine racing rules. Let's have some perspective.

Brackely team is a bunch of ******* who can't built a fast car neither a reliable one.

Edited by Sakae, 04 October 2012 - 18:40.

and Senna never won a championship in a Mclaren which was miles ahead of everyone? and neither did Prost in a williams?

"the tallest tree catches the most wind"

This is definitely not the way it should have been.

If Michael was underperforming in relation to his team mate, as was the case in most of 2010 and part of 2011, then I would be satisfied with it.

But it is a travesty to see him without a seat when he showed more pace than Rosberg, this year, eventhough the inumerous Brackley's mistakes didn't allowed that to be shown in the points.

Brackely team is a bunch of ******* who can't built a fast car neither a reliable one.

Without Michael, part of my joy for F1 next year will be to laugh at Mercedes clumpsyness and stupidity.


PLEASE SCHUMACHER, JOIN WEC!!!! I DOESN'T MATTER IF AUDI, TOYOTA OR PORSCHE. PLEASE JOIN THE LMP1S CAUSE THEY ARE MUCH NICER THAN F1 CARS. THAT WOULD JOIN THE BEST DRIVER AND THE BEST CATEGORY/CARS IN A COMBO

Man, I am relaxed about it now....

The more these clowns sounds off, the more ridiculous it all gets.

Doesn't it appear that all of MS's accomplishments are always trying to be explained away by those that did not achieve that we did?

It is all good

Well, looks like I need a new driver, they're all too nice though. :/

Definitely wish his car was more reliable at the start of the year.

I only started watching F1 after Michael retired. His prformance at Montreal last year in the wet made me realize why people loved him as a driver. Just praying there is a wet race during the rest of the season.....

Well, looks like I need a new driver, they're all too nice though. :/