Everyone is saying Fisi is bad, but maybe they are forgetting that its not that Fisi is bad, its just that he is racing Kimi who is making him look bad. So the question is, what would schumi had done in Fisi's place? I cant see any difference tbh. He would have been outlclassed and struggle to keep up with Kimi.

We'll never know, so end of.

Well No maybe the car is gizmode too much electronically... Drivers has to switch on and off things too many times a lap. THis does not help perhaps anyone racing on the machine. Bravo to Kimi.

I can´t believe you are questioning if Schumi would have beaten Raikkonen. Massa beat Raikkonen hard, Heidfeld did it too at the beginning of his career... Schumi would have destroyed Kimi, even with his eyes closed.

Fisi may be testing parts for the '10 car, so I'll not be harsh on him.

The team has admitted this years car is very difficult to drive. Maybe Schu wouldn't have done so good either...

oh look, the Armada has arrived

Schumi would have been better than Fisi but nowhere near Kimi

We will never know,because MS chickened out. Massa beating Kimi hard? Please!

2008 tells you something?

No, he would be just as if not more pathetic. As soon as he realized it, he gave up on his return.

Kimi fans are very annoying. They are desperate and frustrated, because Ferrari sacked their favourite driver, Massa humiliated him in 1.5 years, and now his 2 options to either retire or signing to McLaren to be humiliated again by Hamilton.

2007 WDC Dont bother to response im done.

If i were you i would shut up

Kimi has already said before Spa that Michael wouldn't do much better than Bad.

But we never know. Without tests it's really hard. Although Fisi used simulator a lot it didn't help much. Kubica said it would be extremely tough to get used to new car in the middle of the season. So, well.

i voted MS to best KR, but of course that could be an exaggeration. over 3-4 races by the end maybe. but kimi's car control and driving abilities cannot be questioned (not that i ever questioned them) after fisichella's performance. the f60 is one of the hardest car to extract performance from this year.

Clampett is very frustrated. He is desperate and frustrated because Kimi humiliated Fisi and now his options are rather limited - be a third driver at Ferrari and pray for one of their drivers to get injured so that he can drive for real.

I have to admit that Schumi is more clever than Badoer and Fisico. He understood not to make a fool of himself.

heheheh

you don't say, pikku. who would've thought....

Schumacher would really have struggled. Thats pretty clear. Hes been a lucky boy in the end.

Fisichella is not the greatest in the world, but hes not half bad and hes not qualifying so far down because hes crap.

It seems pretty obvious to me the Ferrari is a very hard car to driver, Massa and Raikkonen are clearly used to it and have adjusted but Fisi has no chance. OK, hes not the talent of Massa or Raikkonen, but hes not as far behind as he is on talent alone.

Its the car a lot more than the driver, anyone, including MS would have struggled IMHO.

Gee, it really must sting to watch Fisi get destroyed by the same driver you bashed so passionately for years..

I would vote "Other" if that was an option.

Schumi - if fit - should be quite near Kimi after a while.

OMG another one of these....

From a marketing point of view, Schumacher would have been FAR better than Fisi, all the merchandizing would have been out the roof!!!!

From a performance point of view, with the lack of testing, and lack of racing from Schumi, I think he wouldn't have been much better than Fisi, maybe a little better (possibly, considering Schumi's always defied the odds I guess) but not too much better.

Badger would have won yesterday.

Yes! But GimmieKimi is a Kimi fanboy who is so annoying that other Kimi's fans were fed up with his BS.
This is just his another effort to put down MS.

I would not put all Kimi's fans in one pack.

Im a schumi fan here but I doubt he would have beaten raikkonen, this years car is a dog + michaels been out of f1 for 3 years, he would have done better than fisi but not better than Kimi ;)

Not a Schumi fan, but I still think that an injured Schumacher would have been far more competitive than either of the drivers Ferrari went with.

Where is the option where Schumacher would have been comparable to Kimi? That is what I think.

Yeah the same Schumi that retired cuz he was scared to face Kimi in a Ferrari When has Schumi ever had a tough team mate? Never!!

nobody looks tough in the same car as ms

ask kimi, he had massa and ms had massa

I'm not even sure he would be Fisi, even at his best he'd have only being a couple of 10ths up on Fisi, come back after 3 years and no practice in that car then I don't think he would do any better.

He did the right thing not taking the offer up.

I think not too far from kimi and some point for schumi

what is your point?

Of course no one can look tough when Ross Brawn sabotages ever team mates car and they have to move over a few meters from the finish line to let schumi pass.
Schumi ran away when Kimi was going to sign because Kimi said he wants equal status and Schumi can not race anyone who has equal status so he escaped before he was destroyed. He’s mnot just not just a cheat but a coward

with his neck as it was, no he would not beat Kimi

with a good neck, beat his butt like a drum

Yeah I heard that Schumacher broke his neck on purpose just so he would have to race against Kimi.
It's amazing the lengths some drivers go to not to be humiliated by Kimi isn't it, I mean just look what Massa did to himself in Hungary, just to avoid being beaten by Kimi every race... what, oh, so you mean Massa had been giving Kimi a pasting for the last season and half??? Oh... well that's a big steaming pile of crap then isn't it...

No, Schumi would have done as bad as Badoer

Fisi stepped out of a 2nd place and lots of 2009 experience to drive for Ferrari and Schumi has not raced in 3 years, is struggling for fitness and is elderly

I don't believe this neck injury thing really I think he did his testing realised he was too slow and bailed out, wise move

Difficult to say, but my best guess is that MS would have been roughly as good (or rather bad) as Fisi, or marginally better, but in any case he'd have embarrassed himself. I wonder what he thinks about all of this right now, by the way, probably glad he couldn't make it. I mean he might still think he could make a successful comeback after a thorough preparation, like a lot of testing first, but just jumping in would have been very, very difficult it now seems. OTOH Alguersuari and Grosjean have been okay. There's also the possibility that with his lack of recent F1 experience MS would have been even worse than Fisi, somewhere between Badoer and Fisi or something. *shudder*

can't prove it, it's just bullshit as it is
his teamates looked slow because he was simply faster. get over it
kimi doesn't seem to care and minds his own business, but some of his fanatics are really lost

That's what I don't get about Kimi fans... they are often the complete opposite of the guy they support.... crazy

I cant prove that Brawn favoured Schumi and made sure his team mates had the weaker strategy or moved over for him? You must be new to f1

Have to say I second that.

I voted for the option that he would be no better. This years car is very difficult to drive, he was 3 years out of F1 and despite all talent and greatness - he would do no better than Fisico, if not even worse.

I think maybe schumi would'nt have done very well compared to Kimi this year, because the cars are so different.

But i do believe if schumi had stayed in 2007 he would have beaten Kimi.

The gap between Fisi and kimi is not completely down to skill. Fisi was kind of close to Alonso so that would mean that Kimi is 4x better than Alonso.

I guess in fisi's case there are a number of issues all screwing him up.

I think theres more chance of Schumi beating Kimi than being way behind him. Theres no way he wouldve been way behind. Maybe just behind.

I think if Michael would able to test F60 he canceled his comeback much earlier.

Yeah, Schumacher must be too ignorant. Yeah, Kimi is a god. MS has no talent so he was so scared of Kimi that he had to retire at the end of 2006. How dare he wanted to come back in 2009.

Now, Kimi woshippers, happy?

You know, Hamster's fanclub is saying the same thing; Kova is not really bad, it's just Lewis is making him look bad.

You girls are all alike.

Back to this topic, Michael would leave Kimi in dust not because of speed, but because of precision. I think he would have extracted from that car everything what it had, just like Kimi, and more, because he doesn't know any other way. That we have witnessed for over many years of his racing career.

This is something I believe too. If you had MS/KR pair in 2007. MS would be better. But comeback after injury, unprepared and in car he never drove before - I think he'd have hard time at best scenario.

MS is one of the greatest of all time, maybe greatest, but he is no superhuman.