Schumacher, what have you done?
In all the years I'm watching F1 , and that's about 30, I never thought I would feel sorry for Michael Schumacher. In fact I never even liked the guy. But he was fast and won 7 titles so he did great or even more than that.
When he retired I thought it was the best he could do at that moment. He had his titles and now the younger generation represented by Fernando Alonso had finally caught up and dethroned the big champ.
There's no shame in that because that is simply the way life goes. So he stopped and everyone said goodbye to the champion with a lot of respect.
It should have stayed that way.
But Schumacher decided to come back. Over 40 now, with some years without F1 and without the well-oiled team he once left.
Mercedes of course welcomed him with open arms and said they had the very best now.
The truth is somewhat different. Of course Schumacher has lost nothing of his talent and his experience is immense. F1 however, moves forward with great speed. And two years of absence will be noticable.
Also the Mercedes is not a Ferrari and the young Rosberg would not wait for Schumacher to catch up.
The first year Rosberg was faster than Schumacher without noticable effort. But hey, the man should be given some time everyone said, next year (2011) we will see the real Schumi back.
But now, after four races, we can only conclude that it's all over. Rosberg still has no competition in his own team and Schumacher sees himself involved in all kinds of discutable fights and manouevres in the mid- and even backfield.
This weekend he said he didn't enjoy racing this way anymore.
I can understand him, it must feel awful. That is why to my surprise I started to feel sorry for him.
Johnny Herbert said he shook his head and thought Schumi should stop for the final time at the end of the season.
I agree. I think by the end of the season he should stop and probably say: `Hey guys, I tried and it's not good enough anymore so I call it a day now.`
I would respect that and I think if he just would do that, stop and admit that itīs not good enough anymore, he can leave with his head high and still be respected by the F1 fans.
So I wish Michael some nice races for the rest of the season and the wisdom to know when itīs enough.
Last edited by Alonsomaniac; 10th May 2011 at 12:19.
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