Originally posted by slapstick
Yes MS was nice when he was caught off guard and didn't have time to react. 
How many times can you burn in hell? 
The Burn in Hell stuff was light hearted stuff, I say that to all my f riends and foes, never take it serious.
And regading Schumacher:
Ok if you wanna play f1 moves on Schumacher, what was far worser then what Schumacher did to Mika at Spa?
Consider:
Damon Hill moving 3 TIMES THE LINE ON Michael Schumacher on a straight at high speed in Canada 1998, what was Hill doing? Having fun? There are no rules by the FIA regarding 3 times the line, but it is a driver conduct rule amongst themselfs, and many always stuck to it, and Hill broke it, and risked a dangerous accident, if the accident happened, then Hill would be to blame, it could of put Schuey in hospital. I think if it wasn't for the fact Michael was such a good racer, it could of been someone else and crashed into Hill, remember Michael still passed Hill after those 3 moves on the straight, so it wasn't seen as bad as Michael still won the race.
Move on to Schumacher M:
Unlike Hill in 1998, a championship was at stake, how many times did Michael move over to protect his position on the Spa straight in 2000 against Mika? He did it swifty, yes it looks dangerous, Mika didn't like it, but Michael didn't like what Hill did to him either, which was far dangerous, but did f1 fans give a toss if Michael was bitten? What Hill did was wrong-3moves, but what Michael did was still within the rules, but when do you use such moves? You risk it when you have too for the championship, , it may not have looked nice, but his wet tyres were fading, he was not going to get the same grip in the breaking points Mika was going to get on his dries, and rules are there to be utilised to the upmost, I don't think anyone was expecting Michael not to try and defend, infact he probabley would of been seek as a weak racer if he didn't try anything, Senna did something similar to Schumacher when he was younger, that time Senna gave little room, and Schumacher went off. I don't think the Spa incident is as bad as many have you believe, just because it was at a important stage of the championship and race, suddenly everyone gives a damn,
BUT
LET MICHAEL SCHUMACHER DO DAMON HILL'S 3 TIMES THE LINE canada 98 move(on schuey then) move at any championship showdown and watch the world punish Schumacher.
Be truthful, it's fashion to make Michael's hard racing more profound then it really is, he's made some controversial moves, but so have other drivers, if it wasn't for the fact Michael was challenging for championships most of his career, and other drivers were not, it wouldn't of been such the discussion point.
And after all that, Spa 2000, I'm happy how it all played out, however the championship sorted it outself so we could get a great showdown in Japan was excellent. I don't think I've seen a better qualifying session between 2 drivers since Japan 2000, sporting wise with decent rules.
I still remember Suzuka 2000. I just moved into my new house and we barely had any furniture and I was sitting in this crappy chair at some ungodly hour as Michael came out ahead after the second set of pit stops and a Ferrari mechanic was pumping his fists. They knew they were close and he delivered. I still get goosebumps thinking about it.
