okay. blame this on your so called 'variables':
everyone raves about his brazil move (2001), but i thought it was so crap. that could have taken both schey and him out of the race. michael was practically bounced off the track, they were smashing wheels for quite a long time. then theres that incident in monaco, where he pushes too hard so early in the damn race (even when he's directly behind 3 cars) and smashes out of the swimming pool chicane. theres another one where he tries to pull off some 'brazil' move again, this time on rubens in canada. result: he smashes into the barrier with rubens also out the race trying to avoid the bloody idiot. and i'm sure theres more incidents.
2002 arrives. in malaysia, he tries to block michael off in the first corner, not leaving him any room at all (check f1-live.com under pictures for proof. michaels half on the grass in one of the pics). why didnt he leave him that little space, so that michael stayed on the inside? if he had any brains, he would have known that there was a left hander directly after that, which would have put him on the inside line automatically, and could have resulted in him leading. and in brazil, if he didnt know that schumi was gonna cut across the track, then he's a complete fool. if he can't deal with slipstream, then he must get out of F1. its a 60+ lap race damn it! try pass him on the other 59!
once he gets brains, he'll be pretty good, but i doubt that will happen.