The way I see it, Schumacher was either banned or disqualified for four of those races in 1994.
Regardless of what happened in Adelaide, had he not lost out, he would have wrapped that title up four races sooner.
Hill was never going to win that year, and because he got so close (due to the nature of Schumacher's setbacks) I think the Adelaide incident was blown WAY out of proportion.
People treat it as the be all and end all that cost Hill that title. Yes, in some ways it did, it was his golden chance, but he was definitely not the man of the year at all. If Hill did win in 1994, people would blow the Schumacher bans out of proportion too.
Either way, the scales tip one way or the other.
Schumacher just played the game that everyone does.
If you play cards and get a sneaky peak of the other persons cards, do you tell? Probably not.
You roll the dice and it hits the floor, landing halfway between 2 and 6. You say it is six, right? Or it lands on 1, so you pick it up and roll again. It went on the floor so doesn't count!
Games are always exploited until firm rules are put in place.
It happened before Schumacher. It will happen after Schumacher.
The reason people are angry about it so much, is because point blank, Schumacher is a real genius at bending rules and exploiting loopholes and getting away with it.
Hats off to a skill there.
Competition is about pushing limits. Pushign things until they break. Athletes train as hard and fast as they can. To be better. To win more.
Athletes might sprain an ankle running too hard. Dislocate an arm stretching a bit too far. Work out how much you can do, and what the limit is before something doesn't work.
Schumacher pushed the boundary himself a little further. He got away with it in 1994. He tried a bit more in 1997, and didn't get away. That was his equivalent of an athletics injury. That's sport for you.
Find your limits. Push the limits. Strive for better.
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole itEdited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/23/2011 11:07AM by danm.