Should (King) Schumi stop after this year???

[TopGearNL]

This isn't meant disrespectfull in any way, I have great respect for Micheal but I think that after winning 7 titles the time has come to stop and give the next generation a chance, what do you think

[evoWalo]

As much as I find the Micheal Schumacher show boring, I wouldn't want him retiring. It would be fun seeing him fall from grace... ;)

[yg60m]

Even if i find boring the fact that he wins every race, he is obviously at the top and i think he can race one or two years more.

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

I would like to see what the opinion of the creator of the topic if he were Michael Schumacher

[5vz-fe]

Hell no. He's still dominating the sport, why should he stop. That's LIFE for him, racing is his everything (other than his family). I think he's still good for the sport, I want to see next season how Kimi, Montoya, Webber and Button challenge him.

You wouldn't expect Bill Gate to give up world domination now do u? LOL
I don't think he's good for the buisness (as he's crushing the small ones) and that I don't see anytime soon anyone gonna challenge him...<sigh>


Hey evoWALO, very nice banner u got there.

[TopGearNL]

Now look guys, I think that he is good for the sport aswell and of course, ok maybe he should go on, but the thing is you see guys I can't stand it that at the end of (nearly) every race its him again winning it, on one site I think good of and for him but on the other site I think Why him again, see my point

I also see your guys point, yes it is always nice to see the duels between him and others and I think that next year should be interesting, INCLUDING SCHUMI

So yes I give in and you have changed my mind, he should stay :wink:

Thanks for pointing me out there guys :)

[X-ale]

Put Villeneuve in Barichello's car and Schumi won't see #8 but that's like asking for a miracle... :mrgreen: The Senna/Prost/McLaren was and never will be again sadly. :(

[chipanggo]

why should he stop? if he still enjoys racing and really loves it, then he should continue on doing so for as long as he pleases.

[dingo]

Put Villeneuve in Barichello's car and Schumi won't see #8 but that's like asking for a miracle... :mrgreen: The Senna/Prost/McLaren was and never will be again sadly. :(

I hope you are joking, because JV is past it in my opinion.

I think Schumi should keep going as long as he enjoys it, which he obviously still is judging by his reactions after winning races.

[SPEEDCORE]

Why should the best retire???

If anything the looses should retire and let others try and beat him...(this applies to the older drivers in the field)

[hwe]

He should retire whenever he feels like it himself. I hope he continues for many years.

Well, yesterday my MS "six times" caps went out of date :-)
http://www.tsf1.com/assets/product_images/MS6WC.jpg (Corinna Schumacher right after last years title was secured)

[Sm@ck]

Ferrari should replace Barichello, and put some other young driver in the second car. imo... Some one with no respect for Schumacher. One could at least expect more in-house competition....

or Schumacher should join a different team. How about Minardi... Now their is a challenge :D

[gottacatchup]

schumi can drive all he wants, the F1 directors need to instate rules to make the teams more even. Ferrari has far and away the best car and best crews and the others just cant keep up. Hopefully the new rules being considering will even the field.

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

Going Michael Schumacher to minardi it will improve a lot, i think that he is the most proper person to make a team the most efficient....he doesnt have to demostrate anything going to a bad team though....once he went to ferrari when he has driving for benetton and the benetton was the bes team in that moment, whereas the ferrari was a non efficient team(in fact the contraction of schumacher seemed a very crazy idea in that moment).....about the fact that Jacques Villeneuve should return to a powerful formula 1 team.......i think that he is past also, once the last year he was beaten by Jenson Button so far, and he did have enough time to make efficient the BAR and he didnt........the fact that Barrichelo doesnt get on trouble Michael Schumacher on race, its just a cuestion of the ferrari contract that Barrichelo has and the ferrari general policy, for instance Eddie Irvine was in the same situation as well when he drove in ferrari except when Michael Schumacher had the accident in Silverstone

[hiroshima]

I think that Schumacher should retire while he is still the King. Imagine that the next year is McLaren's year again...or maybe Williams' year...or BAR's or Renault's. I mean, imagine that the next year Schumacher in NOT the champion. Maybe then you would think that he should had retire himself in the end of this season.

He is already a living legend, he doesn't need to prove anything to anyone anymore, 5 consecutive Championships are the evidence that there hasn't been a single pilot who could match Schumacher in Formula1 lately. But as I see teams like BAR and Renault becoming stronger and stronger every season, every race, I think that, in the future, Schumacher can be defeated.

I would like to see Schumacher retire while he is still the king...it would be the perfect end to a perfect career!

[SPEEDCORE]

Those are all BIG maybe's. What if he wins the 8th or 9th title? that be better then him retiring.

It will be a very sad day when he retires in 2007 :mrgreen:

[sameerrao]

Yes it will be a sad day when the Schu-meister retires... I hope he will race at least till 2006. Vote Yes

[dingo]

This is what some of hte team bosses had to say about his dominance:

Flavio Briatore, Renault: “It’s great. People want heroes. And they like the thrill of the fact that even a super hero can be beaten. Personally, for me? It makes me want to cry.”

Ron Dennis, Mclaren: “Obviously Michael and Ferrari are doing a good job and they should not be beaten or handicapped by any regulations. Viewers love to see winners. That’s motor racing.”

David Richards, BAR: “Michael is just so unbelievably good and he has proven that he is fighting like hell whether it’s the win or only a position. People are attracted by such a spirit. And probably it’s also a sort of hedonic delight to be there when he is beaten.”

Eddie Jordan, Jordan: “I think that Michael’s dominance by and large is not helping the sport. He is a very reclusive person – that’s his right – but to be a super hero in the public’s eye you need to have a story. At the moment the person on the street thinks that Michael is just too good – almost robotic.”

Paul Stoddart, Minardi: “Michael will very likely also win the next two world championships – conservatively estimated because he said that he will probably retire in 2006. We have seen such dominance by Michael in the last five years that my guess is that everybody who is fed up with this fact has already turned off the TV. That there has not been a real dramatic drop in viewer numbers lets me guess that people feel very comfortable with watching a super hero.”

taken from www.formula1.com

[mindgam3]

I'd like to see him continue, but i don't see his domination continuing. He's had his easiest season this season by far and hasn't exactly had to work as hard as all his other championship wins to win it. If he's going to win next season it's gonna be a lot tougher than this year

[astonmartinandy]

I don't think he should retire at all simply because he is winning. I think he should keep going to continue to prove himself against the next generation of challengers, and besides, if he did retire then there will always be the argument that he was "unbeatable"

[yg60m]

I just read on f1-live (french version) that MS will organize a press conference tomorrow on Monza. They say that some rumours are runing on his retirement ...

[astonmartinandy]

Then again he may just hold a press conference to say that the rumours aren't true and that he'll keep going for another season. Personally I think he will continue as he won this championship so "easily" and he has every reason to think he can do it again next year.

[acur8ly]

I think he should stick around for atleast 1 more season. Hopefully he can take another title. Without a doubt the smart thing to do would be to leave while on top

[HeilSvenska]

It's official.
Schumi will NOT retire. 9.01.2004 At Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Schumacher announced that he will continue driving f1 cars next year. He says that he will "go on as long as he as the racing instinct." More on www.Ferrari.it and http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=31016

[SPEEDCORE]

Paul Stoddart, Minardi: “Michael will very likely also win the next two world championships – conservatively estimated because he said that he will probably retire in 2006. We have seen such dominance by Michael in the last five years that my guess is that everybody who is fed up with this fact has already turned off the TV. That there has not been a real dramatic drop in viewer numbers lets me guess that people feel very comfortable with watching a super hero.”


A good point, even with the dominance the tv figures havent dropped and ppl who nolonger watch F1 well they werent hardcore fans to begin with :P

[detsan]

No way should he retire! :(
For the simple fact that I don't think that we have seen the best of his talents.
The rest of the teams need to lift their game, stopping MS winning another title has to be pretty good motivation.
Must be frustrating for Kimi, Juan, Fernando, Jenson(my 2004 best of the rest, non ferrari) to be able to race him one race(or segment of) then drive a dog/blow up the next.
Come on guys, I want to see how good MS is under real pressure!
Kudos to him and Ferrari though; success like they have had does not come by mistake.

[yg60m]

I think he porved one more time that he's the king today :wink: So why should he retire ??
He is THE target, the man to beat for every driver. Schumacher suffered from the absence of Senna because he never had someone equal to him and everybody think that it would have been much harder to win all his tittles with Senna alive. But if he retires, this will be the same for the other drivers, everybody would wonder what would happen if MS had been there ?? :wink:

[DUNKiNUTS]

Keep going until he wants to quit. No one should make him stop

[numerouno]

What's all this mess about? Why the hell should he retire? Just to let other drivers/teams win so that F1 sponsors could make more money by drawing more audience? I believe no real hardcore F1 enthusiast would like that to happen; The ones wanting him to retire are either desperate of their favorie team/driver win or want it jsut for economical reasons!