the year he refused to go to williams as he signed/agreed and stayed with BAR.

and MS never had a signed contract with Jordan, but I think undersquare knew that

He signed with Mercedes, didn't he? then Benetton.

Do you really blaim him, as he was kicked out of Williams in favour for
Montoya after 1 year.

Anyway, if we stay a little on topic. I wonder if MS is going to have less or more tire wear
now when they are going to transfer more weight to the rear of the car.

Yes it was just an agreement in principle. So not enforceable. Still, he'd signed something, what was it supposed to be? Something that didn't mean anything?

why did he re-sign with them? if he hated them so much

Once again, the topic is;

Schu admits 'more relaxed' but still 'serious' about F1



http://uk.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/schu-adm...rious-about-f1/

Rosberg on Schumacher: "And I can say for sure that in Malaysia, which was the third race, we were even."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83345

Thats how i saw it as well

Rosberg almost stopped before the last turn in FP2 Malaysia to put together a good lap. There were a few things in Rosberg's favor this year. Knowledge of tyres (head start), his weight and its impact on balance, luck (incidents).

Although Shumi still has some issues to iron out, I expect to see him do much better from barcelona. We shall see how schumi can adapt, if he can!

Go Schumi!

I've read it at least 5 times now, but the logic still escapes me. The narrower tyres are new to everyone, but still the others have had a headstart over MS? Hu?

I think MS meant about the new generation of slicks. Well, these are new to the rookies as well.

Could this GP be the turning point? When I saw him jump up towards the (temporary) spot 1 in FP1 I got a glance of hope that he's able to attack again in the car. Moving up from Malaysia (where according to Nico they were on par). China definitely was -also in the words of Nico- an anomaly.

This is great material for a movie, title : "Old men, can't race"



Starring : YouKnowWho!!!!

No the title is called: "Jos Verstappen - the biggest loser ever"

Fantastic for Schumi

half a second on Rosberg, best session for michael so far !

Very early in the weekend, but he's looking more self-assured in the car. Very aggressive direction changes, and kerb hopping. FP1 looked a bit like he was enjoying it.

Yeah, those updates really did the trick...

I am not going to start jumping in joy right now but wait till the race is over before making a comment on Schumi's form. Though the FP1 times looks encouraging.

more like 0.35 sec

but still decent. i hope it's a big step forward for schumi, not a step back for nico. the distance between hamilton and the rest is massive, though.

Lord Voldemort???


anyway, it's just first practise but it looked encouraging for Schumacher

Yeh, good start. Appears to be going in the right direction.

I'd be very surprised if Nico doesn't pull things back; he's very quick. However, If Michael and Nico can really give each other a shove, Mercedes will start to do very well this season. Michael looked the happiest in that car since, oh, 2006. He obviously found something in the setup that invited confidence.

That being said, temperatures were odd this morning (low), and if they go up or down the balance will change.

This has got nothing to do with the current discussion going on in this thread but to make a li'l note I wanted to mention this because when Schumi didn't sign an autograph for a child during testing at the beginning of the season, a ten page long thread was opened for it.









"Mercedes Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Germany meets with a disabled fan Meng Yushan during the qualifying session for the Chinese F1 Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China"

Just to show when it is really required Schumi knows what he should do!

Wow! 3rd in FP1!!! MS's title challenge starts NOW!

Rather have him give a disabled man the day of his life than signing an autograph for a (possibly) spoilt kid

Return of the King :-)

Course this dude could be a (possibly) spoiled disabled man?

Possibly
Spoiled with good care then I hope

FP1 must have cooling effect on his mind. Well, we will see; it's not over yet.

Looking at FP1 and FP2, Looks like MS does have 0.35 sec over rosberg. Lets see how the weekend progresses.

I doubt it, think it will be slow progress still but as long as he goes in the right direction it's all good.

Rosberg is still race fitter and more current car experienced than MS don't forget, I just expect MS to be closer but quite realistically still behind - for now.

here.
Underweight car.

I fart in your general direction.

still waiting for the FP2 times, but following live-timing it seemed only red bull was quicker than MS, even on long runs

This is fantastic , i hope he is as strong for the rest of the weekend

in FP2 : Rosberg 1m21.271s - 1m20.757s Schumacher = 0.524s

http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_media/...sion2-times.pdf

Still too early to judge MS this weekend.

Don't come to this forum posting truth and facts thanks Mate

Good point... time will tell!!

I'm here (presumably you count me as a big mouth). And I'm applauding the man. So let's be fair.

At last the results from Mercedes are not looking nonsense... Was the chassis really broken, then? And is Schumacher using the same chassis specification as Rosberg?

Agreed, i'm cautiously optimistic but i have a feeling we haven't seen mclaren/ferrari true pace yet, red bull are on another level... Still, anything can happen

Yes. Ferrari usually has different program on Friday.

Hi Schu fans.

I am currently working on a 3 part series of paintings depicting the 'Rain Masters of Formula One'.

I have decided to focus my efforts on Jackie Stewart, Ayrton Senna, and your man Schu.

(I have Senna's & Stewarts already sketched out, but still need a Schui race)

So in your opinion, what were the 3 ( or more) most amazing wet weather performances by Michael over the years?

Track & Year, any snippets of info are helpful too. (as are youtube clips or links)

Thanks, & I hope we see him on the podium this weekend in Spain!



Edit: typo

1995 Spa
Staying on slicks to win against Hill

1996 Spain First Ferrari win dominant fashion

2006 China- Last Ferrari win, like the first in the rain, but I think because of the tyre war, and the fact Michael was so much quicker on bridgestones then any other bridgestone shod car, even his own teamate Massa who struggled for a point, it was a great performance, the ferrari brass had written off the win after qualifying even then Michael put in a pretty special lap to get up there, he was sandwiched with michelin runners. Great race under pressure, title points important as well, and last races at the time of his career, so showing everyone even in his retiring year he was capable of being the major player in a race and the rain master signing off in his last rain race at the time. Great way to go out.