Was He The Greatest?

[Savage Bliss]

A little late... but... good riddens, ciao, bon voyage, auf wiedersehen GOODBYE!

Yes Yes... my sentiments exactly... BRAVO!

[knore]

I think F1 pushes the boundaries of human-machine relationship by demanding peak and unsustainable levels from both. In this light there will always be unfortunate accidents and split second decisions that turn out to be the wrong decision. Ive never taken a liking to MS partly for some of the choices he's made but also because i usually like the underdog and as of the last ... long time, hes dominated the 'sport'.

Being team ferrari doesnt help for me either, its well known in the industry that because ferrari helped to develop and make F1 what it is, and because they are 'ferrari', that they have the FIA in their pocket.

This has hurt schumi's public reputation as much as his on track antics, with a number of bs calls from the FIA favouring Ferrari in the past.

Is he the best driver in F1 to date? Without question, Yes.

When he wants to he can put so much passion and talent into his driving, he has an element to draw on that makes him a stronger driver than most of the F1 field. Without his tyre puncture in brazil, i have no doubt he would have atleast won the race. To go from 8th to last then finish 4th is typical MS and i was captivated by how hard he pushed at the end, even setting the fastest lap on the 2nd last lap i think it was?

I think Alonso will turn mclaren around after some time with the team, they have everything there to win but keep falling short. Alonso knows how to win and i think will substantially surpass schumi's career by the time he retires. I dont believe Ferrari will be nearly as strong as they have been, they havent only lost their pinnacle driver but also ross braun, their engine specialist and a number of other key MS era people have left.

Oh and please dont do a dash 'i miss the passion' return to the sport micheal...