F1 Fanatic

Micheal Schumacher currently holds the record for most race victories- 91 to be exact. That’s 40 more than Alain Prost, and 50 more than Senna.

But will he ever reach the magic 100 wins?

Schumacher and Mercedes are talking up their chances of challenging for race wins this season, and it’s looking increasingly likely that he’ll still be here for 2012.

So do you think he’ll ever get to 100, before he retires for good? And do you even think that Schumacher cares? One thing’s for sure though, if it ever does happen, it will be a simply massive achievement, and one that I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s never surpassed.

Pole positions? I’m not sure. Senna only had 3 less than Schumacher, which is obviously very close. But after Senna it drops right down to 33 (Jim Clark).

Like I said previously, I’ll be hugely surprised if anyone overtakes Schumacher’s victory count. I think beating his pole positions is more likely, especially with the likes of Vettel- who’s a bit of a qualy specialist.

In the end though, it depends not only on the drivers’ ability, but the length of their career.

I don’t think so, the field is just too competitive at the moment.

my thoughts are that if Schumacher wanted the record, he wouldn’t have retired. For that reason, I don’t think he’s interested in obtaining 100 wins. I’d personally like to see him achieving that goal over two years (definitely not in one year…!). Will he do it? well that depends on Mercedes car. This year, he might be able to challenge for the odd win, but then again he’ll have to beat his teammate first

Ned, can you clarify your opinion on the Spa 2008 penalty? I’m sorry to bring this up, and to go off topic, but I see a lot of people mention this still, and I still maintain that it was a fair penalty.

As I see it, Kimi defended his line very well into the right hander of the bus stop, legally squeezing Hamilton wide, just as Hamilton did to others at the hairpin at Hockenheim, for example.

If Hamilton did not cut the chicane, he would have been forced to lift and pull in behind Kimi for the left hander, costing him some time. If he had done this, there was very little chance he would have been able to overtake as easy as he did into Turn 1. So regardless of his half-hearted attempt to let Kimi back through, I think that he did gain an advantage.

That’s all true, but then Raikkonen went and stuck his car in the wall before Hamilton had a chance to give the position back. I can understand why the stewards did what they did, and blaming Mosley was a bit sensationalist on my part. But, the punishment did not fit the crime. F1 really shot itself in the foot that day

I can’t even see him getting one win with his Mercedes swan song never mind nine.

If he race next season & have good cars in 2011 & 2012 then may be.