Comments on: Toyota drop Ralf Schumacher

By: Ferdinand Labs

Ferdinand Labs — Sat, 15 May 2010 05:30:45 +0000

Been looking around for websites for such information , regards

By: scubaboy

scubaboy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:20:24 +0000

I think thats its to early for ralf to retire, compared to some other drivers who’s been racing as long as him he still has the edge, but on the other hand a lot of new and younger drivers are being introduced to F1, I think its going to be difficult for him for the future. But it would be really interesting to know which team he’s going to be with on 2008.

By: Dan M

Dan M — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:06:52 +0000

So in other words The Shu avoided The Boot.

By: roland

roland — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:12:14 +0000

A nice way to get rid of someone without seeming rude is to make him a
financial proposal way under the price he thinks he’s worth, and so his
“pride” makes him leave himself! he performed like a monkey recently, remember during the japanese gp he radioed to his team “in the name of the
GPDA” to stop the race, so it’s only normal he is offered peanuts !

By: Jimmy K

Jimmy K — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:16:44 +0000

Is the timing suspicous to anyone else that this comes right after his ‘early retirement’ from Japanese GP? does anyone know if he had a car problem? or did he decidedly pull in to garage because he wasn’t comfortable with the conditions? that could certainly have speed up his exit from Toyota F1, this being their first-ever home race, in a country thats always been so supportive of Ralph. ego, salary, poor performance, and the last straw

By: AndyJ

AndyJ — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:42:57 +0000

crap team, crap driver….

By: Eric M.

Eric M. — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:22:45 +0000

In a way I feel for the guy though, having left Williams hoping that Toyota, with one of the biggest budgets in Formula One, would produce a competitive car. It basically wound up being a career move gone wrong, and now he’s facing early retirement.

But that said, it shouldn’t be counted as an excuse for his poor performances, or for him being consistently out-paced by his teamate. Bad car or not, you think he would have learned something from Michael about getting the most out of inferior equipment.

By: Wes

Wes — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:19:50 +0000

I am not surprised that he is leaving Toyota but the problem is that his stay at Toyota does not prove to anyone that he is worth a ride anywhere else. That could be early retirement for him unless something dramatic happens between now and the start of next season.

By: Eric M.

Eric M. — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:12:51 +0000

If Ralf was somehow able to switch to a different (and better) team we might see him return to form, much like we saw when he went to Williams in 1999, after a terrible year at Jordan. But honestly I think it’s pretty much over for him.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:36:43 +0000

I believe that Ralf is a good driver, better than Barrichello, Coulthard or even Fisichella. The problem is that he only can deliver when the team give him a good car to drive. To work on the car itself and extract, say, 6 tenths, he is useless. He had nice fights with Montoya a few years ago, but, as the names mentioned above, it’s all over for him.