I can only repeat what I have written several times. I think that Michael Schumacher is currently the best F1 driver in the world.sgd wrote:good! thanks K-D,
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that were the fastest times in each race, I didn' t mean outpaced in that way, maybe i used the wrong word... anyway those times are not too much significant as it high depends on strategy...
hardcore becouse RB has been in front of Michael in 5 of those races: won in Italy (Ms-2) he lapped MS in China!, 3 in Brazil (ms - 7) 2nd in Australia, MS - ?(but behind) and in Malaysia MS7 - RB ? (but ahead!)
you see 5 races, only in Japan MS did it better.
anyway. i'm not saying that he is not talented!!!
I was just asking, if he es the better in the world now, why a racer (rubens) which is certanly not the best(in the world now), has done that to him in the last 6 races...
that's it. i don't say that he's not talent!!! I think he is! (i'm sure he was!;))
and i was just wondering: " maybe he was the best driver in F1...?"
in fact here we have TOO little MS fans and the question is for those who think that he's the best driver in the world right now... not about is he talented or not(!!) For me a driver which wins championships with a handicaped teamate is not a champion.
isn't it curious that Rubens began to win after MS won the title?? think about it! why?
N.B this does not aply to you if you think that Rubens:
1.is the best racer in the world.
2.you're ingenuous to think that MS is not the 1 driver in ferrari and doesn't have preferencial treatment. i.e Rubens had not handicaps.
(most inportat is that it seems like without those handicaps Rubens goes faster then MS!)
I also think that Rubens Barichello is a very very very good driver. He is not a natural team leader and he is not a natural WDC prospect, but he could win a WDC were things to come right in a season. He is for example a better F1 driver than Damon Hill. Rubens Barichello is as we all know the second driver at Ferrari, but I do not agree with those who see him being held back. Ferrari is in F1 to win, and were Rubens consistently faster than Michael, then he would be the preferred driver.
Any race ?down the field? place a different strain on drivers and cars, and after a mediocre start Michael was behind Rubens yesterday, but as you could see he was caught up with him when Rubens problems happened, maybe he caught up because of the problems, maybe he caught up because he was racing a little faster than Rubens.
Italy he spun and raced back to a second place podium, not really a poor race by anyone.
China he messed up both in qualifying and again in the race be spinning, a poor weekend by Michael Schumacher.
Japan he won.
Brazil he qualified 18 and finished 7 after a race of mixed weather, racing his sparecar.
Australia he was taken out by Heidfeld, and would have been 7 or 8 classified driver.
Malaysia I call a tie.
No I do not see him being outpaced by Rubens in the last 5 ? 6 races.
All WDC?s are won by the preferred river of a team.
