one last thing about Schumacher's Benetton car... after his switch to Ferarri both Jean Alesi & Gerhard Berger went to Benetton ...& according to an F1 Magazine interview (which I have in my collection...yes I am the ultimate F1 geek) they both called the car, as Schumacher had set it up in winning the championship the year earlier, "undriveable". ....hmm... I recall that being the year of the single greatest racing performance of all time, the 1995 Belgian Grand Prix, & the Schu dominating that entire season.......scary stuff

I want to watch the old races

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Originally posted by klago If Fernando can make MacLaren fast, there is no question who I will be supporting next season.

do you think the car will be more reliable next year? are they getting new engines?

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Originally posted by pmoisse Just don't let Rossi drive a rallycar, he falls off the road each time

He's actually racing the NZ rally in late November in a WRX

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Originally posted by Paulinho He's actually racing the NZ rally in late November in a WRX

He tried Rally Breat Britain a few years ago in a Peugeot 206 WRC and fell off the road on the first stage.

I'm only kidding about it though. Power to him. he just needs to apply his racing magic to a different discipline. i know he could do it given enough time & practice.

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Originally posted by klago If Fernando can make MacLaren fast, there is no question who I will be supporting next season.

McLaren's problem is reliability, not speed.

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Originally posted by chinaboy1021 do you think the car will be more reliable next year? are they getting new engines?

No they will not. Ron Dennis has not been him self since:
1) the building of the Mclaren Hospitality center.
2) building the new Mclaren design/production building.
3) building the new Mclaren Mercedes SLR.

He has had a lot of distractions over the last few years, and it shows. The increased involvement from Mercedes is not good for the squad either; their engines have been shit for 5 years now, and has wasted the careers of Mika, Kimi, and even JPM. If your car does not get you to the finish, what the hell is the point?

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Originally posted by klago Let me start of by saying I am the furthest thing from a Schumi fanboy, if you don't believe me, ask Dima or check the other tread. Ummm does Benetton mean anything to you? Ferrari was absolute shite when he moved there. Funny how all the Schumi haterz fail to remember that. One of MS' many abilities was to communicate to the engineers what the car needed to do in order to be competitive. Shame on Ferrari for finding the people and being able to spend the money to make this happen!!! What an absolutely disgraceful thing to do. Who enters a contest with the ulitimate goal of actually winning it? CRAZY TALK!!!!

Well Said!!!

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Originally posted by mute79 Same can be argued for Schumacher then, he was only winning because they had the best package for so long and all other teams couldn't get anything reliable put together. Weak argument as they're both great drivers.

you should really research your history before commenting about best packages.

Senna was a great driver aswell, he also pulled a few dirty tricks in the process. That's racing for you, regardless of how dirty a racer can be, he/she can't win races just based on that lol ... Senna, Pryce, and Schumacher are one of the greatest driver ever, unofortunately only Schumacher lived his career through.

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Originally posted by djeso unofortunately only Schumacher lived his career through.

I consider that to be incredible in itself - to drive in that many races, each time pushing the envelope as far as you can and still be able to retire of old age (rather than because your legs were ripped off or something), is really a testament to how much F1 has evolved.

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oh great..not one of these motoGP guys...

both are the ultimate in racing, period.

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