chet Wrote:
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> Schmacher was 36 when he retired wasnt he?
37. What other age do F1 drivers retire at these days? :P
> Its a shame he left because Brazil 2006 showed he
> lost non of his edge. Would have been interesting
> to see if he stayed how long it would take before
> his team-mates were outperforming him on a regular
> basis. Apart from that we missed an epic Hamilton
> v's Schmacher v's Alonso v's Kimi (prob would have
> been Schmachers team-mate) in 2007
. If only
> eh?!
It would've been awesome to see. For me Schumacher loses a lot of credibility for not wanting to stay on and race Kimi in the same car. He was undoubtedly a good enough driver to hold his own against Kimi, and as the results have turned out, he surely would've won the title in 2007 and 2008 had he stayed on.
Also, regarding MS's retirement, it was striking how much he suffered with reliability and other dramas during the last two race meetings; the engine at Suzuka, the gearbox in Interlagos quali, then that puncture in the race. Previously he'd gone through whole seasons without that many problems.
gav Wrote:
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> Mansell was never the fittest, but seeing him
> after Michigan in '93 stunned me. The bloke was
> barely alive.
The main image I have of Nigel outside of the car is of him knackered after a race. Monaco '92 was another one - not as bad as Michigan '93 sounds, but he still couldn't even stand after getting out of the car and had to watch the podium ceremony from the parc ferme area while being held up by 3 marshals.