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i recall he made a massive donation in the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami. something like several million dollars or something.
i think if someone gives that kind of money its not a one off even if there was a personal connection. and then there is his work for the safe driving campaigns and stuff. he seems like a very charitable person imo. |
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Like him or lump, he made his reputation during the Benetton and Ferrari eras and noone can take that reputation away from him. People will struggle to remember his Merc stint in the long run.
A bit like Stirling Moss if only in one sense. Noone really remembers his post Goodwood returns and it never had any long term ramifications upon his reputation. |
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He said in the past that he felt that Le Mans was "too dangerous" for him to consider taking part in. Therefore I doubt he will be going anything close to flat out around The Ring.
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I believe that was a reference to slower GT cars. You may be right, especially if he is doing it during a normal days public session.
To be fair flat out, as in taking risks, should no be the way. Otherwise he may stuff it and the day could be over too soon. I suspect he will be going quite quick. Certainly quick enough for him to make this interesting and impressive. |
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About Schumacher's comeback, I really think he has nothing to be ashamed of. The car was not a championship contender, and as we all know F1 is mainly about the cars. He kept up well with Rosberg who now doesn't seem inferior to Hamilton as many expected. He got pole at Monaco for crying out loud, just like in the crappy 96 Ferrari!
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I don't really see why not. If they slap a setup on it that is subtle enough to absorb the bumps, raise the ride height a bit, sure it won't be mega quick in terms of setup, but it should be fine. If they can go over the start finish straight at Interlagos with the bottom of the car thumping the ground at 190mph, then i'm sure the ring's bumps can be tamed at speeds near or a bit below that.
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Its obviously 'possible', but nobody with any ounce of sanity wants to see what will happen if somebody loses and crashes a modern F1 car on certain sections of the Nordschleife at full speed.
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This should always just remain superficial comments.
Flat out needs, amongst other things, hours of practice and competition to need to do it. |
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I get the semantics. It's not 'impossible'.
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That is certainly possible. |
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Agree 100%,funny how easy it is to dislike someone you have probably never met!Michael is a far nicer bloke than a lot of people will ever know,he has given huge sums to charities right from the early days because he was "in the fortunate position to do so". I will be fortunate enough to be present when this happens and I don't think it will be a disappointment to watch. |
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Longer video that shows start to stop...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsclF-mUksQ I don't know the details, but from watching the longer video, the lap came across as very odd. I mean we knew it wasn't going to be a quick lap for a number of reasons, but it seemed particularly slow. He starts on the GP track and was using more revs at first and seemed to not have much grip at first (cold and unknown spec tires?). The further he goes the more tentative he is, less revs (sometimes oddly running on the rev limiter for a bit) slow in the corners and by the time he exits Adenauer Forst he is really short shifting and looks to generally cruise for the entire remainder of the lap. The track doesn't look damp, but doesn't really look dry either. Regardless, he still looked to be going pretty slow even for a conservative lap. In fact, it is a rather boring lap. Mechanical issue with the car? Micheal not get enough sleep the night before? Richard |
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I remember Ferrari pulling a similar stunt with Schumacher in 1996 when they used a Fiat Bravo, a 550 Maranello and the F310. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2GuJjj9niw Last edited by beau1; 28 May 2013 at 16:20. |
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If you look on Youtube you can see and hear evidence of the car not running properly.
So it was eitehr designed to not run properly or it simpy wasnt! I sadly believe the former, as it was fine earlier in the lap! But sad really when you consder Heidelf was doing a decent job in the BMW |
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