Schumi Defends DC

[Wrex]

Alright kiddies

I'm proud Tifosi, but anyone that does'nt think the Williams looks good this year needs to pay more attention. That said, a tenth of a second is hardly anything to worry about. Half a second is a concern, a tenth is not.

[Damon]

Yep, the FW26 looks like a total pig-dog of a car, that'll make it all the sweeter when JPM wins the WDC in it .

[Mr V]

Originally posted by GT-Vixen
lol. Yeah a six time world champion is worried about a guy who can hardly put back to back race wins together...scary stuff mate

We could of course say the same about 1994, I'm sure that Senna who was a 3 times world champion would have looked at Michael as his cheif opposition, who had only 2 wins at that time, and they were hardly back to back. 1st in 1992 the 2nd in 1993.

[Mattracer]

Originally posted by Damon
Yep, the FW26 looks like a total pig-dog of a car, that'll make it all the sweeter when JPM wins the WDC in it .

Actually it would be hard to make the snout of that thing sweeter in any way but your suggestion re th driver input would go some way.

[GT-Vixen]

Originally posted by Mr V
We could of course say the same about 1994, I'm sure that Senna who was a 3 times world champion would have looked at Michael as his cheif opposition, who had only 2 wins at that time, and they were hardly back to back. 1st in 1992 the 2nd in 1993.

Three is half of six, not saying Senna wasn't great...I loved him as much as the next F1 fan, but this is a different time you can't really compair.

[Mr V]

Originally posted by GT-Vixen
Three is half of six, not saying Senna wasn't great...I loved him as much as the next F1 fan, but this is a different time you can't really compair.

The situation is comparable, a multi wdc against drivers with a couple of wins, wether it's 3 wdc's or 6.

[Led ZeppF1]

It was DC's thread, isn't it?

So, back to DC. Ron Dennis claims that DC has the ability to fight for the world championship even if he is not going to be a McLaren driver next year.

http://www.autosport.com/newsitem.asp?id=25896&s=5

[Gt_R]

Of course Michael has the luxury of praising every other drivers... He is the driver to beat afterall.

As a MS admirer (foremost), i really think MS has nothing to fear of DC, even Kimi and JPM. He had already established most of the best records, and the odds is that none of the current kids are probably going to beat it.

Furthermore, i don't think he really cares if the others win the next season..Sure, he'd enjoy winning WDC still, and would be disappointed if he din't.. but having JPM/Kimi/DC win next season wouldn't dent his pride at all..Afterall, he had beat them more times than we can count. And 2003 may be worse than 2002, but imagine MS laughing in his room when his wife tell him that despite many mistakes and a car not the best of that year, his rivals still can't make a serious dent on his hopes.

Really, its only for the Ron-likes to be excited at beating MS and get much joy and satisfaction out of it...salvage some tattered ego maybe.

[Mr V]

Originally posted by Gt_R

Really, its only for the Ron-likes to be excited at beating MS and get much joy and satisfaction out of it...salvage some tattered ego maybe.

I'm sure that when Ron gets excited about beating Michael, it's because of his respect and admiration for his abilities, nothing else.

Look at Mika's 2 WDC's, which was the better?......

1998, when Michael was there

1999, when Michael was out due to his broken leg

I'm sure that Mika would say that 1998 was his better WDC.