Comments on: When Hamilton raced Schumacher

By: Robbie

Robbie — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:12:45 +0000

I think comparisons to LH and MS are moot…no driver will likely ever be handed the advantages MS had over his teammates and his fellow competitors unless the FIA decides in the future that another mega deal with contracted subservients is in order so that a team’s WDC drought can be ended…

As long as LH doesn’t become unethical with consistantly dangerous moves on the track including driving into people for the ‘win’, as long as LH doesn’t have a contracted subservient to remove that aspect of racing from his list of worries throughout the seasons and actually has to beat amongst the other drivers his own teammate with an equal chance, and as long as he is in a car that hasn’t been built strictly with his needs in mind and disregarding his teammates’, then I will honour any smaller amount of success LH will experience vs the conditions under which MS ‘won’ and compiled massive numbers on the strength of the non-racing that went on at Ferrari in the pinnacle of racing in that chapter of F1…

By: DMC

DMC — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:08:04 +0000

None of the current drivers come near schumi in his prime, hamilton sulks with team, alonso barks at team over radio, Michael created harmony in the team and delivered on every level winning races that left people baffled including other drivers.When was the last race that was won by somebody in an inferior car?
DMC

By: tom

tom — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:15:05 +0000

Got the chance now to compete head to head.

By: John Doyle

John Doyle — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:38:39 +0000

Don’t Agree With You..

Hamilton Beat Alonso In 2007, And 2008, But Mainly In His Debut Year. Now Alonso Beat Schumacher… In 2005 and 2006, So That Means Hamilton Is Techincally Better Than Schumacher.
I Know He Is Anyway, Just Trying To Find A Reason To Convince Ferrari Fans.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes #1

By: NAS

NAS — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:02:40 +0000

TOUGH CALL, BUT SHUMACHER COMES OUT ON TOP FOR ME.

By: Gaz

Gaz — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:18:35 +0000

I think many forget that when schumacher started out for jordan he was asked at spa “have you been around here before”
he said “yes”
they found out after he had done a lap on his pushbike and qualified 7th, today all these young drivers can do thousands of laps in simulation and learn every bumb, every corner before ever going to the track, back then you learned as you raced.

also when he started out he had senna,mansel,pique,prost,patrese up against him and held his own and beat all them,and as has been said a inferior car,he could of driven a skip and it would of been quick, he obviously had a couple of seasons in a poor ferrari but helped turn them into the F1 giants they have become over the last decede.
He also was able to keep up with technology,having driven those monster F1 and won he was able to drive these finally tuned beasts of today, and he would probably still be the driver to beat, in his last season had his engine not poped in japan he would of won the title, in brazil and if you don’t remember what he did in that race the find some highlights and enjoy one of if not the best drive you will ever see.

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:48:57 +0000

simply because he’s briton..

By: louis

louis — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:05:36 +0000

alianora, if schumacher was as good as hamilton, he would have been in a mclaren, williams or renault in his first or second season. many people fail to understand that hamilton is not driving a mclaren by chance. ron dennis has had a young drivers development program for many years and he has not come across anyone as good as hamilton thats the reason hamilton drives a mclaren.if alonso retired schumacher by beating him in two consecutive seasons and hamilton beat alonso in the same car, it can be concluded that there is no driver in f1 as good as hamilton. thats why ron dennis signed hamilton to drive a mclaren in his first year but schumacher never impressed the top teams to earn a drive in a top car.

By: louis

louis — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:50:46 +0000

you are right alianora, but did schumacher have the same impact on f1 in his first three seasons as hamilton did in his first three months?
after his first four races, hamiltons name was written and spoken more frequently than all the names in f1 put together, indicating how impressive he was to many.he has only been in f1 for a year and i can confortably say that he has brought more fans to f1 than schumacher ever did in his whole career so he must be better than the great 7 times world champion michael schumacher.i will not be surprised if hamilton won 9 races in a row this season….

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:09:52 +0000

Louis, Schumacher won a race in his first full GP season (Belgium 1992), and he would have had quite a lot of trouble winning on in the part-season preceding it, since even Nelson Piquet Sr couldn’t get the Bennetton to win races.