Silverstone F1 practice

[pistonbroke]

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M.S. had helped Ferrari become world champions.

Backed by Fiat millions spent on technology plus the talents of masterminds Ross brawn and Jean Todt may have helped a little , not forgeting a little help from Ferrari International Assistance  

Race performance not good  

No2 driver gets Podium  

[Matt Seabrook]

Are you a journalist Bernie you seemed to have completely missed the bold helped and made up your own idea of what I said

Well done Nico great drive. But then again he was not the only one Button, Hamilton, Webber and others drove great races.

[FW500]

I find it a little sad that you try to cling on to Schumacher's relatively poor performance this year as some sort of example of how utterly rubbish he really must have been Bernie.

As for the Fiat millions - I guess while they were blowing all their cash on supporting Schumacher's lack of talent all the other teams were saving their pennies and Adrian Newey was saving all his great ideas for the future? You're a funny guy.

[pistonbroke]

No mate didn't miss that , just pointing out that it takes more than a good driver to win a championship/s .

Schumaker had the best that money could buy whatever state ferrari were in when he joined , the massive resources were all there .

Henry Ford won Le mans by spending millions to beat Ferrari who at the time were a relatavely small Co.

Contrast  with Bruce Mclaren , when he came over from NZ to join the Cooper  team he was pointed towards a pile of steel tubes and a welding set , "there you go mate" "its all yours",  within a couple of years Cooper cars went on to win 2 world constructors and driver championships.

Other winning teams like Stewarts Tyrell built in a Woodshed.

OK there from different era's but ther's a bunch of drivers who given the resources that schumi had would have had as much success , well perhaps not as much because I dont think they would have been so desperate to win as he showed at times

The question remains ,  how good is Nico ?  He is either exceptionaly good in a mediocre car or the car is very good and he is average .

Whatever the answer,  he is seen to be beating his 7x WC  team mate fairly comprehensively.

Sterling Moss was one of the greatest drivers ever , yet  he never won a single WC  .

Sorry to see Micheal struggling to keep up , not what most people expected .

Personally think he should have stayed at home and rested on his considerable laurels

[pistonbroke]

I find it a little sad that you try to cling on to Schumacher's relatively poor performance this year as some sort of example of how utterly rubbish he really must have been Bernie.

Thats a silly remark , I never said or never thought he was "rubbish" just he was not a true sportsman and that at least 2 of his titles were won under very dubious circumstances .

[Matt Seabrook]

I see you just chose to ignore it at the time. Bernie was all the wealth in F1 with Benetton in 94/95? Just wondering

[pistonbroke]

Sorry , I did forget to mention Micheal "helped"  Ross Brawn and  Rory Byrne to win 2 WC's with them.

Before they all left for Ferrari mezula land