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#207
#207
Rumors of a Schumacher return after all, but with Mercedes GP (formerly Brawn GP). They've already announced Rosberg as one of their drivers.
 
#210
#210
Getting closer and closer to a Schumacher/Mercedes GP deal. Ferrari ain't gonna block him from driving for them.
 
#214
#214
rbroyles said:
While I hope you are wrong, I fear you may be correct. F-1 certainly doesn't need it's version of Dale, Sr. occuring.
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probably an exaggeration, but there certainly is a history of guys who have stepped out of the race car only to return years later to die in an accident.

the greater majority find they simply don't have the high level of skills anymore that are required to drive a car at the highest level.

it got Neil Bonnett. Mario Andretti should wake up everyday and immediately thank god he's still alive. those are just a couple of examples.
 
#215
#215
Neil Bonnett was a different situation. He was the one that never really should have stepped back into a car again. I mean his first race back at Dega he had that bad flip into the fence. The doctors had advised Neil that if he took a hard shot it could be lights out and they were right. However, if anyone has ever saw the bootleg footage of that crash I'm not sure anyone would have survived it no matter their condition. His car just veered dead right after he hit the debris that blew his tire out and he never had a chance. But still yet I feel that Neil should have stayed in the booth because he was golden as a color commentator.

Mario probably shouldn't have tested but that was also just a freak accident. I'm not sure how many guys came back that shouldn't have that got killed that was due to driver error. That would be an interesting statistic to find out.
 
#217
#217
DownNDirty said:
Neil Bonnett was a different situation. He was the one that never really should have stepped back into a car again. I mean his first race back at Dega he had that bad flip into the fence. The doctors had advised Neil that if he took a hard shot it could be lights out and they were right. However, if anyone has ever saw the bootleg footage of that crash I'm not sure anyone would have survived it no matter their condition. His car just veered dead right after he hit the debris that blew his tire out and he never had a chance. But still yet I feel that Neil should have stayed in the booth because he was golden as a color commentator.

Mario probably shouldn't have tested but that was also just a freak accident. I'm not sure how many guys came back that shouldn't have that got killed that was due to driver error. That would be an interesting statistic to find out.
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ok, how about Mark Donohue?

the point is, it takes a certain mentality to push a car to the edge of sanity and it's built up over years and years racing. once a driver admits they no longer have that edge they can't get it back. any driver who admits that fact needs to stay out a car, no matter how hungry they think they are.

i hope Schumi can return to the car competitively but sadly i don't think he can. i hope this doesn't affect his long term health somehow.
 
#219
#219
doozer said:
ok, how about Mark Donohue?

the point is, it takes a certain mentality to push a car to the edge of sanity and it's built up over years and years racing. once a driver admits they no longer have that edge they can't get it back. any driver who admits that fact needs to stay out a car, no matter how hungry they think they are.

i hope Schumi can return to the car competitively but sadly i don't think he can. i hope this doesn't affect his long term health somehow.
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Or Giles Villaneuve.
 
#220
#220
rbroyles said:
Are you speaking of Ayrton Senna? Similar, but not quite as large an icon or as important to the sport as Shumi. Neither are really quite as important to the genre as DE,sr.
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Senna changed the course of F1 history with his death, the closest Schumi has gotten to that type of impact was by getting the stupid no team orders rule implemented. Senna's death had the same impact on F1 as Sr's did on NASCAR. Both lead to more safety in the rules and regulations to the point where the cars(NASCAR) and tracks(F1) are so regulated that the fans have started to hate them. Go to Sao Paulo and try to bad talk Senna, and I guarantee you that you'll get the same result as if you went to Talladega did the same to Sr.
 
#223
#223
also can't wait to see how my boy, FINALLY, looks wearing red, when it really counts.

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