Time to open a can of worms (Mike Shoe thread)!
 

Yeah, so, like Mercedes should let Mike's contract expire, and, so, like diResta can take his place next season.

Mike is so old! Ewwww. He also likes to wear really tacky clothes. Ewwww!

So, like, totally yeah! Am I right? O-M-G! There's a sale at H&M.

Mike is doing well, but I won't be surprised if he retires... he is not getting any younger and his luck is always bad.

Well, Mercedes need a kick in the rear-end as regards to MS's car. The amount of issues he has had is ridiculous. He'd have been far further up the field this weekend had he not had more mechanical issue.s

Well, let's see. Di Resta is clearly very talented and is easily beating the overrated hulk. If MS keeps up with the pace of Rosberg in races, then I don't see why he shouldn't drive for another season or two.

There have been a few flashes of the Michael of old this season, and salvaging 10th from starting 22nd in Bahrain isn't anything to be sneezed at. It's the last year of his supposed 3-year comeback so it remains to be seen if his contract will be extended, assuming of course he wants to stay, but I agree that Paul has been showing some serious potential in the Force India.

Have to say Schumacher has been suffering terrible luck this season, in every GP weekend something has gone wrong for him. But if Mercedes wants to look to the future beyond this year, then di Resta is certainly an attractive option.

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 don't see any reason for him to retire. If his latest interviews are anything to go by, he's thoroughly enjoying his job and if anything, his pace this year has been better than 2011 and 2010. You mustn't forget as well that he's nigh-on unmatched when it comes to setting up and developing a car. Nothing can beat 20 years of experience in F1 (he tested for Ferrari even after his first retirement and that surely wasn't just for the PR value).

Today's race was a classic example. In the olden days he'd probably have tried to hack his way up the order forcefully, most likely ending up in the armco or with a sliced tire. But he drove a very clever way and was in the right spot at the right time to take advantage of other people's misfortune (Button). Going from 22 to 10 in a field as close as this year's bunch is no mean feat for a guy, who got his first ever winners trophy from Charlemagne.

A very good point — even with the easier passing conferred by DRS.

He seems furious with Pirelli, though.

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 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.

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 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.

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. http://www.motorsportforums.com/images/smilies/wink.gifhttp://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...ies/tongue.gif

MS will stay at least until 2015 http://www.motorsportforums.com/imag...ies/smokin.gif

He has bad luck in his old career as well, like in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999.

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Lewis hasn´t sign with McLaren yet. There´s talk about him taking MS drive.

From where?

Naahh...cant see that in a million years, I think whitmarsh would rather chew his on leg off than let hamilton go to a rival team!

Anyway I dont see whythe shoe needs to retire unless he simply cant be bothered anymore, most of his misfortune this season was exactly that, I think most of the mishaps could hav hapened to anyone.