Friday, July 31, 2009

Michael Schumacher is returning!!!

Are you interested in Formula 1 Racing? Well if you asked me this question a year back my answer would be no. But I started liking this form of racing as well. For me Formula 1 and Michael Schumacher both were same before I have grown my interest in it. I think most of us know this F1 driver irrespective of their interest on F1 Racing.
Michael Schumacher started his F1 racing career in 1991 and in 2006 he put his racing helmet down. People say he had taken Ferrari team to a different level, way ahead of the others, which includes McLaren also. Nobody ever questioned his driving ability. After his retirement, world has seen many more superstars in the circuit who continued the wining stream of Ferrari and McLaren. Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, and Fernando Alonso they all appeared to be great drivers before the start of 2009 F1 season.
This year one major rule has got changed regarding the standardization of engine of the cars. I am not very familiar with these details but bottom line is, this season onwards all the cars will be equipped equally. So there won’t be much difference between a Ferrari Car and a Brawn-Mercedes car. This brought a lot many things in front of the viewer and race lover. The limitations of those renowned drivers got exposed. We are at the end of race 10 this year. Last year’s champion Hamilton is on 8th position with 19 points where as Massa, Raikonen and Alonso are positioned on 7th, 9th and 11th position respectively. Leading driver is Button with 70 points. Even in constructor table McLaren or Ferrari are nowhere near to Brawn-Mercedes team. Even Toyota team performed better than them. Ferrari and McLaren has sensed the tough time at the start of the season. They had threatened to pull out their names also. With all this data how do I believe that Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso they are the best drivers of the world. They win only because of using better cars. Once that advantage is taken back, their pride has just got ripped off.
Now in these circumstances Michael Schumacher, the 7th time world champion is reentering to the circuit to replace Massa in the Ferrari team, as Massa got injured during Hungarian Grand Prix. All the fans are very excited to see the return of King of F1 Racing. Everyone believes Schumacher is above all the artifacts. He used to win the races not with the help of car; he used to win because he is the best in business. However Critics have different views on it. They don’t think Schumacher can prove himself above all these. With a car similar to other cars, he cannot win a race any more. Even I feel this. If Schumacher can prove us wrong, no one will be happier than me. But if he fails to win, then he might lose all the pride he gained in his 15 years career. Best of Luck Michael.

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