F1 Legend Michael Schumacher Announces Retirement

[Judge B]

Man those great old fights with Hakkinen, I dont think we will get any good fights like that again

Like this one. Good old days:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4vRxgeTnw

[Luís]

He's my idol since I was a little kid, hope he leaves the races with a victory against Alonso, who is being arrogant. Let the kid be remembered of who he is and who Schumacher is before talking again. Villeneuve also won the championship once and stayed 2nd once too and look where he is now... Win a few more championships, then talk about people who were already in Formula 1 before you even knew what it is.

[Judge B]

Villeneuve also won the championship once and stayed 2nd once too and look where he is now...

Villeneuve's biggest mistake was leaving Williams and going to BAR.

[LeperMessiah26]

Great driver though he is...i still can never forget what he did to Damon hill..where he rammed him from the track in the 90`s...just cos he was going to lose...come to think of it..hes done that a few times...not a good thing to do

[Neorrr]

He's my idol since I was a little kid, hope he leaves the races with a victory against Alonso, who is being arrogant. Let the kid be remembered of who he is and who Schumacher is before talking again. Villeneuve also won the championship once and stayed 2nd once too and look where he is now... Win a few more championships, then talk about people who were already in Formula 1 before you even knew what it is.

he is not being arrogant, he's being stolen! for fuck sake, cant believe noone sees that...

oh and the rest of your post is bullshit so will not even bother...

[hollow]

He's my idol since I was a little kid, hope he leaves the races with a victory against Alonso, who is being arrogant. Let the kid be remembered of who he is and who Schumacher is before talking again. Villeneuve also won the championship once and stayed 2nd once too and look where he is now... Win a few more championships, then talk about people who were already in Formula 1 before you even knew what it is.

he is not being arrogant, he's being stolen! for fuck sake, cant believe noone sees that...

oh and the rest of your post is bullshit so will not even bother...

please, please, don't start flaming this thread!

[Thierry]

He's my idol since I was a little kid, hope he leaves the races with a victory against Alonso, who is being arrogant. Let the kid be remembered of who he is and who Schumacher is before talking again. Villeneuve also won the championship once and stayed 2nd once too and look where he is now... Win a few more championships, then talk about people who were already in Formula 1 before you even knew what it is.

he is not being arrogant, he's being stolen! for fuck sake, cant believe noone sees that...

oh and the rest of your post is bullshit so will not even bother...

[Kat]

Although as being German I kind of have to be a Schumacher fan, I don't like him as a person. But driver-wise, he was, is and will always be great. I have to thank him for many interesting, exciting, white-knuckle hours watching F1.

The whole damn shit that's going on now in F1 get's on my nerves as it is like a bunch of kids fighting for toys. They simply have to do the last races in the most fair and sportsman-like manner and simply see who is the better driver with the better car.

Personally I love that next year I can sit at the Nürburgring grandstand, wearing my boyfriends Ferrari cap and cheering for Kimi...

[hollow]

I have to thank him for many interesting, exciting, white-knuckle hours watching F1.

you said it!!!

[Breadfan_GER]

I have to thank him for many interesting, exciting, white-knuckle hours watching F1.

you said it!!!

but kat was talkin' about the benetton time, not the ferrari titles just joking.

those who criticize true sportsmen are of course right. because schumacher is not a legend. sorry, that i forgot that he is just 31 years in this business and got nearly every record! maybe you tell me what a legend is then. should i ask your mums?

there is no doubt, that alonso can drive his car. and that he is a very very good racer these days. and? where is the problem? stolen? stolen what? the whole season? points? or the last points? if i remember correct he was not the only one this season who was f*cked by stupid FIA rules. and is this season over yet? 30 points to go, am i wrong? some of you should just shut the f*ck up, if you don't like to watch sports.

i was always cool with "germanys" (schumachers) opponents in the formula one. i like/liked them all: Prost, Hill, Villeneuve, Häkkinen, Coulthard, Räikkönen and all the others. i dont like montoya and alonso and that's MY opinion, you can do NOTHING about that. like i said, i appreciate alonso as an awesome driver, but that's all.

and if he breaks one of those records, we can talk about him and his coolness again.

eat this:

Most championship titles: 7

Most consecutive championship titles: 5

Most race wins: 90

Most consecutive race wins: 7 (in 2004 - European GP, Canadian GP, United States GP, French GP, British GP, German GP, Hungarian GP) This record is shared with Ascari, which won the last 6 races of 1952 and the first one of 1953. The following race was the Indianapolis 500, in which he did not partecipate. Afterwards he won other two races, but since the Indy 500 was officially part of the F1 World Championship, his winning streak was already over.

Most race wins with one team: 71 with Ferrari

Most race wins at the same GP: 8 at the French Grand Prix (Magny-Cours)

Most time between first and last race wins: 14 years, and 12 days

Most second place finishes: 43

Most podium finishes: 153

Most consecutive podium finishes: 19 (from the 2001 United States Grand Prix, until the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix)

Most points finishes: 188

Most laps leading: 4726 (with a total of 22,072.693 km in 130 Grands Prix)

Most pole positions: 68

Most starts from first row: 108

Most fastest laps: 75

Most doubles (pole position and race win): 40

Most hat-trick (pole position, race win and fastest lap): 22

Most championship points: 1,354

Most consecutive race finished without retirement: 24 (from the 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, until the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix)

Only racing driver ever, in any racing class, to win 5 times at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Only racing driver ever, in any racing class, to win 5 times at Autodromo Nazionale Monza