Really? And all those drivers were MUCH closer to Schumacher than Jos and managed to occasionally beat him.manchild wrote:We've seen identical things afterwards too. Irvine couldn't drive Ferrari, Barichello couldn't drive it either, Massa too. Those top cars were drivable only by his greatness.
Not true,,,Not all of them can buy a seat,,and these days,,that's what you have to do.We have maybe now 100-200 young drivers competing in various 2nd tier formula, all competing for the 24 spots available in Formula 1,
And look who buys a seat -- Maldonado, Perez, Petrov, Senna (actually we can put Alonso/Santander in that category) -- all were pretty good or even excellent in lower formulae. Nowadays the pay-driver is not some rich fellow who comes to F1 to entertain himself, these days a "pay-driver" is actually a very quick young racedriver, who's value is recognized by sponsors.strad wrote:Not true,,,Not all of them can buy a seat,,and these days,,that's what you have to do.
I don't have to "believe" it. I see it.strad wrote:You really believe that?
You mean money can somehow make you quicker?strad wrote:Ok sure...whatever you say. The guys we see are ther very best in the world..How deep their pockets or backing has nothing to do with it.
It says more about the lack of your intelligence. The man is a 42 year old guy faced with a bundle of new rules. Besides his race pace has been far superior to Rosberg,who is probably one of the fastest pure race & the best qualifier in the grid ahead of Vettel. That Mercedes is not within 1s off pile time in Abu Dhabhi or Brazil.manchild wrote:We've seen identical things afterwards too. Irvine couldn't drive Ferrari, Barichello couldn't drive it either, Massa too. Those top cars were drivable only by his greatness.FrukostScones wrote:I always thought he was called Jos the Bos(s), not Jos the Los er!
Verstappen said something like this "When I drove Schumachers car, it was undrivable."
Yes for him!
Schumacher was the fastest back then. No discussion about that!
Since he came back, and since cards are not marked like before, his teammate is beating him for the second consecutive season. It says more about the credibility of his 7 titles than it does about his teammate, doesn't it?
A very nice comparison as both had a full season in the same team against a same teammate. And from that I can't see Hulk MUCH better than Maldonado. He might have an edge, but not like it is as clear cut as you describe.Boost wrote:Maldonado shouldn't be any where near an F1 car. It took him 4 seasons to win GP2. Hulkenberg, who doesn't have finance behind him, is better and beat him when they were teammates.
siskue2005 wrote:Interesting how this topic has derailed from Schumacher using tc in 1994, which when subsiquent posts proved that it is to be just launch control software and no hardware.. So the haters now turn to Schumacher's 2010 and 2011 ....blah blah Britney beating him blah blah
Fangio 40 yr old etc ...Mario in 53 won something
And they conveniently forgot at 42 Schumacher won the ROC nations cup with equal cars against some of his current f1 rivals
Seriously guys keep to the topic.....if you guys want a bash thread please create one naming "I hate Schumy"
