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Topic Started: Jan 16 2010, 03:58 PM (737 Views)
John
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I'm not saying Alonso did not deserve the 2006 title... <nono> of course he did... no question.

What I am saying is YES by winning the 2006 title Alonso beat Schumacher just as he beat every other driver that year... but Schumacher was the only OTHER driver capable of winning the WDC by the last race and save for his puncture could have conceivably taken the crown... that means to say Alonso beat Schumacher is oversimplify the results... wining the title with several GP still to go is beating the opposition... winning the WDC in the last race or even the last lap, while valid and deserved in not the same at all.
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Norbert
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I'm not convinced that Schumacher would hold his own against Alonso in a straight fight. Who knows, but I would imagine that Alonso will now be faster. In the few years before he retired, he certainly ran him very close, if not bettered him for raw pace, and I cannot imagine Alonso will have got slower, in fact quite the reverse. Schumacher is/was without doubt the most consistant fast driver the sport has ever seen, however it's no good putting together a race-long string of qualifying speed laps if your quali speed is 0.3s off of the other guy.

We will find out over the first few races just what sort of speed he has compared to the rest of the field. I suspect that it won't be quite what it is. Partly through age, partly through lack of race experience in the last few years. That's bound to have an effect. Didn't Prost say that despite the fact that he kept up his normal training regime, the lack of race miles in his sabbatical saw his collar size shrink by an inch?
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flood1
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Schu's strength was not just in his raw speed. He was very strategic and very good with the technical details of the car. Sure, he has lost a bit of raw speed, but he still has those other strengths.

Ross Brawn is betting on him.
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John
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and yet the same Prost won the WDC title after his sabbatical... I'm in no way arguing against the notion Schumacher will not at his best... I merely say that in my opinion I expect he will hold up well against the 2010 field. I have never said I expect him to deliver the championship (although naturally I would welcome it).

I have said on numerous theads I expect Hamilton and Alonso to be stronger and Button and Vettel to be evens... however if the season does proved to be a fair match between these drivers it becomes anyone's guess who will triumph at the seasons end.

If it should prove to be Hamilton or Alonso or Button or Vettel or indeed Schumacher I will be just as pleased.
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John
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safc_fan89,Jan 16 2010
05:28 PM
If he'd had stronger teammates on equal terms, then he quite easily may not have won 7 titles.

Just because you don't agree with something does not mean it is not a valid argument.

No one said other opinions are invalid.... <think>

However as we are playing the IF card...

IF Schumacher had better team mates they would more than likely have just served to spur him to even greater heights... he quite easily may have won more than 7 titles... <thumbsup>
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Norbert,Jan 18 2010
04:30 PM
Didn't Prost say that despite the fact that he kept up his normal training regime, the lack of race miles in his sabbatical saw his collar size shrink by an inch?

Nothing probably beats racing a F1 car for thousands of miles to stay on top with regards to physical readiness for a new season, though Schumacher's dedication to ultimate training regime and physical readiness is legend. Some of you may have noted the comments from Hulkenberg when he got the test drive with Williams in early December last year?

Nico Hulkenberg admitted he ended his test with a sore neck. The British team's rookie racer for 2010 complied with the young-driver-rules and therefore enjoyed two days at the wheel of the FW31 at Jerez. When asked by the journalist what he learned at the Spanish circuit, The Hulk answered: "That I have a neck." And continued that nothing can be compared to the forces exerted on a racing driver by a F1 car.

The German said his manager Willi Weber's other client, Michael Schumacher, gave his old neck-training machine to Hulkenberg in order for The Hulk to prepare for the 2010 season. While Schumacher had appearantly invested in a new and more advanced neck-training machine for his own purpose. So no doubt he is working hard on growing one or more collar-sizes before 1st race...
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