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Old 04-23-2012, 04:19 AM   #13
awagsFare

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oh dear what a shame- have you forgotten those mind numbing years when his car never broke down- it was always the unfortunate No2 who had the problems. Perhaps the bad luck now is balancing out all the good luck before...

As for next year I suspect he'll stick around unless he gets beaten too soundly by Rosberg (hoping he does)- if not then Di Resta seems like the logical replacement
I would say that those years of Ferrari dominance and reliabilty, were down to hard work by Ferrari and not Luck.

However as you say, that doesn't explain why Rubens got left on the line about 3 times in 2002. As well as many other problems.

I would like to point out that at the moment people seem to be discussing from Schumacher's point of view - whether he should continue. And of course then it is easy to argue that he is still quite fast and offers value to F1 with his feisty racing.

But let's take the other side, actually the more important one - employer's point of view. Shouldn't Mercedes look to the future and hire Di Resta? I'd say hiring di Resta would make a lot of sense for them. Basically the main advantage Schumacher has, is his huge popularity and hence marketing. Then again with di Resta they could present themselves as a multi-national team and gain popularity in UK too if we are talking about marketing...
I like Michael, but you do raise a good point Jens.
The currant F1 team must be gaining fans in Germany with its Mercedes takeover, however they may be losing fans in the UK where they are based.

So it would make sense for them to keep an eye on Di resta and see the UK market potential.

I wouldn't call it furious, but he voiced some disappointment that Pirelli has overdone it a bit, complaining that they have to "dawdle around corners at 60%. A bit more and the tires blow off the rims." In that regard I think he's right. Tires were ridiculously over-important at Bahrain.
He shouldn't have complained to the media about them, he should have become a member here and posted a message in the "Pirelli: Did they go to far?" Thread.
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