Comments on: Michael Schumacher vs Adrian Newey, 1991-2008 (F1 in numbers)

By: CT

CT — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:27:03 +0000

“Nice comparison but Newey had two drivers with his cars in every race…”

So did Shumacher! He often got his win at the expense of/thanks to his team mate ……

By: Sasquatsch

Sasquatsch — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:04:37 +0000

To be honest, I think it is more of a comparison between Newey and Brawn/Byrne, who have been with Schumacher all though 1991 until 2006, with the exception of 1996 when John Barnard designed the Ferrari.

Sure Michael did a lot to win with the car, but in a less competetive car he couldn’t win except the occasional (lucky) victory like in 1992 and 1996.

Formula 1 is about both the driver and the car. Not just the car or just the driver.

By: K

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:41:05 +0000

Cool.

Titles: Newey 6 Schumacher 7

By: PJA

PJA — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:35:28 +0000

With the rule changes this year I think we will defiantly see a major shake up in the order of the grid compared to previous years. The problem with some of Newey’s cars has been that they were often fast but fragile, if there are no reliability issues with the new car I can easily see it regularly challenging for wins.

By: A Singh

A Singh — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:28:16 +0000

What would have been great would be seeing Colin Chapman, Gordon Murray and Adrian Newey competing, whilst given free reign on the regulations.

The amount of progress would probably beggar belief.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:09:22 +0000

I assure you absolutely none of it was. Which of his books are you thinking of? I’ve got three of his and none of them are about Schumacher or Newey.

The only book I referred to in writing this was “McLaren: The Cars 1964-2008″ by William Taylor.

By: Hounslow

Hounslow — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:55:54 +0000

I agree Chaz, an in-depth interview with Newey would be very interesting.
Congrats to Keith for an interesting article, but huge congrats to K for spotting the corealation.

By: Adam Milleneuve

Adam Milleneuve — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:24:09 +0000

I completely agree Arthur, although Mclaren have the resources to sort themselves out they don’t seem too hot in testing.

I hope that Williams can make an impression on the podium this year and would love to Lewis *have* to fight for good results more than he did last year, – that will make or break him in the “is he really a good driver” debate.

Bring on Melbourne!

By: Chaz

Chaz — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:52:05 +0000

I’d really like to sit down and chat to Adrian about his thought processes behind his different designs, what he feels worked and different worked, and indeed which one he is most proud of…

By: beneboy

beneboy — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:07:16 +0000

If the regulations were opened up the costs would come down.

At the moment the teams are so restricted in the design of the cars & engines that they’re spending £millions to make fractional advantages on things like friction reduction & aerodynamic tuning. Almost none of which has any practical use on production cars.

Every time the FIA have banned a new technology or tightened the regulations they’ve increased the costs.

By: Arthur954

Arthur954 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:49:39 +0000

With the improved Renault engine, RB are going to be strong. I disagree with the usual prediction of Ferrari- Mclaren and then the rest.
This 2009 season will be different ……..

By: DS

DS — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:28:49 +0000

Nice comparison but Newey had two drivers with his cars in every race…

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:11:52 +0000

Heinz-Harald Frentzen once suggested the best way of improving the racing in F1 would be to ban Michael Schumacher and Adrian Newey. Sensible chap.

By: patrickl

patrickl — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:39:49 +0000

I’d say that the MP4-18 actually looked quite similar to this years McLaren

By: Damon

Damon — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:36:19 +0000

I wish the cars this season were as beautiful as the MP4-18 ((

Anyway, there should be no Drivers’ World Championship, as it makes no sense. The best car is what wins. Unless it hasn’t got the best tyres – then the second best car wins.

By: Smitty

Smitty — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:08:52 +0000

“Though it would be foolish to try and compare the two and say which was better, we can say with certainty we’d have had a dull season’s racing if Schumacher had ever found himself in a Newey-designed car.”

Amen to that. It would have been 1988 all over again, minus the team mate battles. Kinda like 2004, come to think of it…

By: sumedh

sumedh — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:43:32 +0000

Newey and M. Schumacher should join Brawn GP. The old guns will be back on top again

Wishful thinking; I know.

By: morge

morge — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:31:03 +0000

Interesting, but I wonder how much of this article was taken from a certain book by Mark Hughes?

By: mkh1

mkh1 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:00:47 +0000

It’ll be a shame to see the likes of Newey leave F1. If only the regulations could be opened up without increasing the costs.