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How competitive was he in his final season ?
Posted by 'DavyBoy' on 24 Dec 2009 @ 12:02

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Well here's an extract from an article written by Mark Hughes on autosport.com. Pretty amazing when you look behind what you see on TV isn't.

The link's here but I think you may need to be an Autosport subscriber to see it. In any event, I've posted the text further down.

http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2563

" There's a fallacy built up in the years Schumacher's been away that Massa was already getting the upper hand on him in his final season. It's nonsense. It's based on no more than the fact that Felipe won in Turkey and Brazil in the second half of the season. But in both of those races there were specific reasons why Schumacher couldn't fight him.

In Turkey an inopportunely-timed safety car meant he had to be queued in the pitlane, meaning Alonso's Renault was subsequently between the Ferraris, thereby forming a protective buffer for Massa. The only reason he was behind Massa in the first place was the much heavier fuel load he'd taken into Q3 and, when allowance was taken of that, he was comfortably faster than his junior team-mate.

In Brazil he could take no part in Q3 because of a fuel-pump failure, leaving Massa to take an uncontested pole, the foundation of his victory. Looking at Q2, where straightforward comparison was possible in each of those races, in Turkey Schumacher was a whopping 1.2s faster than Massa, in Brazil he was 0.462s ahead. In the 54 qualifying sessions of the 2006 season, Massa was genuinely quicker than Schumacher only once - in Q2 at Monza, by 0.128s.

Michael's average advantage over Massa in those 54 sessions was in excess of half a second. That’s a staggering degree of superiority over a driver we now know is very fast indeed, stats that Kimi Raikkonen would kill for, stats that will almost certainly not be matched next year by Fernando Alonso. There is no evidence whatsoever that Michael's pace was falling off in his final season. "

Message Thread:

Schumacher signs by '5kyle8' (22 Dec 2009 @ 23:54)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'HC64' (23 Dec 2009 @ 9:04)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'bertie77' (23 Dec 2009 @ 9:14)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'DavyBoy' (23 Dec 2009 @ 9:19)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'SteveG98' (23 Dec 2009 @ 9:35)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'richpudd2003' (23 Dec 2009 @ 10:21)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'chriskasch' (23 Dec 2009 @ 10:23)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'bertie77' (23 Dec 2009 @ 10:40)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'Doink' (23 Dec 2009 @ 10:54)

But does anyone think......... by 'Newshound' (23 Dec 2009 @ 11:12)

Re: But does anyone think......... by 'DavyBoy' (23 Dec 2009 @ 12:12)

Hang on though.... by 'TheROTAXkidakaTKMkid' (23 Dec 2009 @ 12:50)

Re: Hang on though.... by 'Rafe005' (23 Dec 2009 @ 13:26)

Schumacher confirms F1 until 2012 by 'Trev' (23 Dec 2009 @ 13:54)

Re: davy boy by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 17:26)

Jingoism maybe? by 'Newshound' (23 Dec 2009 @ 18:43)

Re: Jingoism maybe? by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 18:52)

Re: Jingoism maybe? by 'DavyBoy' (23 Dec 2009 @ 20:41)

The greatest? by 'QuickOldTimer' (23 Dec 2009 @ 21:38)

Re: The greatest? by 'DavyBoy' (23 Dec 2009 @ 21:59)

Re: The greatest? by 'QuickOldTimer' (23 Dec 2009 @ 22:30)

Re: because if he was one of our own by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 22:38)

Re: because if he was one of our own by 'QuickOldTimer' (23 Dec 2009 @ 23:03)

Re: just took another look at senna/prost suzuka by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 23:23)

Re: just took another look at senna/prost suzuka by 'QuickOldTimer' (23 Dec 2009 @ 23:53)

A few thoughts on this. by 'DavyBoy' (24 Dec 2009 @ 11:01)

Re: A few thoughts on this. by 'blobslosak' (24 Dec 2009 @ 11:56)

Re: A few thoughts on this. by 'jfracing' (24 Dec 2009 @ 13:38)

Re: A few thoughts on this. by 'Doink' (24 Dec 2009 @ 14:04)

Re: davy boy by 'nitramtreblig' (24 Dec 2009 @ 14:55)

Re:quick old timer by 'nitramtreblig' (24 Dec 2009 @ 15:01)

Re:quick old timer by 'QuickOldTimer' (24 Dec 2009 @ 15:30)

Re:quick old timer by 'nitramtreblig' (24 Dec 2009 @ 16:07)

Re:quick old timer by 'richpudd2003' (24 Dec 2009 @ 16:38)

Re:richpudd by 'nitramtreblig' (24 Dec 2009 @ 16:44)

Re:richpudd by 'DavyBoy' (24 Dec 2009 @ 18:01)

Re:richpudd by 'nitramtreblig' (26 Dec 2009 @ 14:48)

Going back to the original message..... by 'rogergreen' (28 Dec 2009 @ 1:44)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'benbab' (23 Dec 2009 @ 14:39)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'Doink' (23 Dec 2009 @ 14:50)

Re: Schumacher signs by 'FullCanRacer' (23 Dec 2009 @ 15:03)

Re: fossils everywhere rejoice by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 17:21)

Re: its about as much a "mercedes" by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 17:33)

Re: benbab by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 17:29)

Re: benbab by 'benbab' (23 Dec 2009 @ 17:51)

Re: benbab; agreed and let us not forget by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 18:06)

Re: benbab; agreed and let us not forget by 'Hootsman' (23 Dec 2009 @ 20:01)

Re: benbab; agreed and let us not forget by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 20:15)

Re: benbab; agreed and let us not forget by 'Hootsman' (23 Dec 2009 @ 20:28)

Re: benbab; agreed and let us not forget by 'nitramtreblig' (23 Dec 2009 @ 22:03)

Re: benbab; agreed and let us not forget by 'Invader' (24 Dec 2009 @ 0:16)

I think you might be missing something here... by 'Booney' (24 Dec 2009 @ 6:32)

Re: I think you might be missing something here... by 'Chads' (24 Dec 2009 @ 9:13)

Re: I think you might be missing something here... by 'Booney' (24 Dec 2009 @ 19:32)

Re: I think you might be missing something here... by 'Chads' (27 Dec 2009 @ 1:46)

How competitive was he in his final season ? by 'DavyBoy' << You are here!

Re: invader, sorry.............. by 'nitramtreblig' (24 Dec 2009 @ 15:07)

Re: invader, sorry.............. by 'Invader' (24 Dec 2009 @ 15:29)

Re: invader, sorry.............. by 'QuickOldTimer' (24 Dec 2009 @ 15:35)

Re: invader, sorry.............. by 'nitramtreblig' (24 Dec 2009 @ 16:09)

Re: invader, sorry.............. by 'QuickOldTimer' (24 Dec 2009 @ 17:38)

Re: invader, sorry.............. by 'nitramtreblig' (26 Dec 2009 @ 14:49)

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