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Old 10-27-2006, 06:57 AM
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The tifosi fans will always love him while others may not. Me? When I think of Ferrari, I think of Regazoni and Lauda at The Glen during the first week of October in the '70's.
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Old 10-27-2006, 06:34 PM
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As opposed to nearly every other racing diety? Nearly ever great driver in sport had his imperious side. Look, he was mecurial. But like evrt other super natural and singular phenomema in sport, he will be missed when he is gone.


I have to respectfully disaagree with SS. Character counts, on the track and off, and not every "phenomena" will be missed.

Records are written and recorded, but only great men are remembered,
and that goes far beyond technical acheivement.

To each his own.
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Good ridance.

From Adelaide to Monaco he's proven that he's a cheater/winner at all costs caracter.
He, Bernie, Max and even Senna/Prost have killed the sport in Formula 1.

Were are the great champions like Fangio ?!
...and how was F1 alowed do decay so much, to loose every bit of moral fiber ?!

Now with Schumacher gone, made the days of Bernie and Max are numbered and better people will replace them. Maybe there is hope for F1.
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Finally admits regret ... perhaps he isn't a robot.

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Finally admits regret ... perhaps he isn't a robot.

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Schumacher was stripped of his points in 1997
Michael Schumacher admits he regrets the controversial manoeuvre he used on Jacques Villeneuve to try and win the 1997 world championship.

"That was something I would do different today," Schumacher told television broadcaster RTL. "I am not someone who can analyse something immediately after it happens or admit things. In certain situations I need time to think about it and realise what a mess I made."
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Well that's a no brainer

Well I have some regrets to.
I wish I hadn't done many things in life.
So Shumi is no different than any other human on earth. But he has nanno seconds to make decisions traveling upwards of 300 km per hour so I forgive him.

People analyze too many things he is truly one of the best drivers period.

Every once in a while there's someone who mentions Fangio or someone like that. Well one could make an argument. But why mention or compare the two men? Just say Fangio for me was the best and possibly why.
Some say shumi is a cheater bla bla bla.... Win at all costs....

Well I'm a team owner do I pay someone to not push the car? Do I pay someone not to try to win? I think any team owner would have love Shumi raciing for them.

Fangio I can't comment on I'm sure he was brilliant but I didn't see him race nor is there any films on speed or alike.

So I'm glad Ferrari had Shumi for me I enjoyed his talent his well spoken manner and everything else.

People who think racing will be better without him are entitled to their opinions those who look at what his career did fo motorsport should realize what an honour it was to have witnessed him. (Good or bad) Lucky us!!!
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I agree with ALFA-75-MAN totaly. I have been a Formula 1 fan since the early 50s and it has been wonderful. Herr Schumacher is a superb driver and I think he is a gentleman. What is more, I enjoyed watching him at Indy every year.

It makes ZERO sense to compare him with Fangio because the sport was very different when each of them raced.
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Old 12-10-2006, 06:17 AM
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Well I have some regrets to.
I wish I hadn't done many things in life.
So Shumi is no different than any other human on earth. But he has nanno seconds to make decisions traveling upwards of 300 km per hour so I forgive him.

People analyze too many things he is truly one of the best drivers period.

Every once in a while there's someone who mentions Fangio or someone like that. Well one could make an argument. But why mention or compare the two men? Just say Fangio for me was the best and possibly why.
Some say shumi is a cheater bla bla bla.... Win at all costs....

Well I'm a team owner do I pay someone to not push the car? Do I pay someone not to try to win? I think any team owner would have love Shumi raciing for them.

Fangio I can't comment on I'm sure he was brilliant but I didn't see him race nor is there any films on speed or alike.

So I'm glad Ferrari had Shumi for me I enjoyed his talent his well spoken manner and everything else.

People who think racing will be better without him are entitled to their opinions those who look at what his career did fo motorsport should realize what an honour it was to have witnessed him. (Good or bad) Lucky us!!!

I'm sorry that IMO cheating/playing dirty is not justifiable if you win.
Why compare them, ofcourse diferent times, cars, tecnology, tracks, conditions, but both won a lot, the diference being Fangio didn't resorted to cheating.

People analize to many things ?!
What is this non-sense.
Cheating has NO justification.
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Old 12-10-2006, 06:20 AM
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I agree with ALFA-75-MAN totaly. I have been a Formula 1 fan since the early 50s and it has been wonderful. Herr Schumacher is a superb driver and I think he is a gentleman. What is more, I enjoyed watching him at Indy every year.

It makes ZERO sense to compare him with Fangio because the sport was very different when each of them raced.
Calling MS a gentleman means destroying the very defignition of the word gentleman.
Fangio, Moss, Graham Hill or Clarke were gentlemen, not MS. His actions at Adelaide, Jerez, Monaco and even before F1 reaveals him as an anti-gentleman (on track ofcourse).
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"Gentleman?" o this is the best one yet. Wouldn't a "gentleman" have the integrity to apologise directly to Hill & Villeneuve? He ONLY endangered their lives, that's all. Any type of fluke in the accidents could have seriously injured them, the cheating aspect simply hurt the fool who initiated the collisions.
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