Schumey hoping to make a comeback in F1

[Stitch]

autosport.com - F1 News: Schumacher reveals comeback is close

Do not want.
Utter bummer about Raikkonen also, one of the few drivers left in the field with any talent whatsoever. Button can lick my balls, but I'd put money on Vettel seriously upping his game in 2010 - he was hamstrung this year for the first few races but could and would have easily clinched the title otherwise...

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Raikonen had talent but didnt work hard enough,. otherwise he would kick ass each year. Schumi is better but at his age i have my doubts. hope he does well with his new team.

[F1Filter]

Schumi = ticket sales.

A lot of GP's this past season didn't sell out, or were only near half-capacity. Bernie needs some sort of leverage to be able to command those ridiculous fees he asks. Because it would seem that already venues like Turkey aren't going to be renewing their contracts.

I've got to laugh at all the "traitor" sentiments that the Italian press has been throwing out @ Schumacher. Didn't Di Montezemolo more or less force him to retire? Ferrari didn't renew his contract because they wanted to sign drivers before the end of that season. So I don't get where Ferrari, or the press in Italy gets off saying that he was indebted to the team. The last time I checked, they were mid runners when they had drivers like Berger and Alesi.

[Stitch]

Originally Posted by F1Filter

Schumi = ticket sales.

A lot of GP's this past season didn't sell out, or were only near half-capacity. Bernie needs some sort of leverage to be able to command those ridiculous fees he asks. Because it would seem that already venues like Turkey aren't going to be renewing their contracts.

I've got to laugh at all the "traitor" sentiments that the Italian press has been throwing out @ Schumacher. Didn't Di Montezemolo more or less force him to retire? Ferrari didn't renew his contract because they wanted to sign drivers before the end of that season. So I don't get where Ferrari, or the press in Italy gets off saying that he was indebted to the team. The last time I checked, they were mid runners when they had drivers like Berger and Alesi.

Well exactly. Back when they ran Alesi and Berger in the 90's the only thing they had going for them was a beautiful engine sound...

YouTube - 1994 Scuderia Ferrari F1 V12

The biggest problem with F1 now is the fact its boring (obviously) although why that is mroe open to debate. For me, it's the circuits; classics like Monaco and Interlagos gave us fantastic racing, absolutely everything else on the calendar (namely the stuff designed by Hermann Tilke was utterly, utterly boring, with cars being lapped as early as 15 laps into one of his circuits - unfathomable when in qualifying every car was covered by a second and a half. It's more laughable now than it was back in 94 or 95, where the Simteks, Pacifics, and Forti cars were being lapped...

I don't know. I still hold pre-95 F1 to be the highlight of it's history. Now it is just an elaborate cash cow for Bernie Ecclestone. Maybe when he dies...