ROSS BRAWN: Michael Schumacher Will Not Leave Ferrari

Seems a waste, I'd rather like to see him jump in Rubens car at Honda with his mate Ross ,it would be a worthy challenge and great to watch.

Thing is he won't nothing to gain but lot's to lose, the young ones have gotta prove themselves he doesn't need to been there done that.

 

It is great to know that Michael enjoys testing and developing and has little desire to leave Ferrari. His experience and understanding of the F1 cars is priceless to the team and its engineers. IMO, this shows that he has a honest love of F1 as IIRC, no other retired driver that I can think of, had been willing to step down from the lead driver role into the testing and developing role. Or was there ?

 

Doesn't surprise me. Why would he leave Ferrari? What else does he have to prove? He certainly doesn't need money. I doubt he'd want to help another team make life harder for Ferrari. He still gets to cruise F1 cars on a track to develop them and give his input, without the worries and stress of being right in the competition, AND collect a nice 8 figure annual sum for doing so. Sounds nice to me!!

 

If he gets fed up I'll do it!!!

 

Seems to me when I see someone come put of retirement, they end up getting killed half the time.

I wish he wouldn't do development work, either, for the same reasons.

But then again, he could get killed in a plane crash or get hit by a drunk driver, so why not live life to its' fullest ?

You never know, I tell the kids all the time that 'nobody wakes up in the morning and says to themselves "today is the day I get hit by a cement truck"'.

 

I think the rumor was "forced out of the race weekend seat", not necessarily the team, I believe there is truth in that rumor.

 

i really wish i can believe you Ron, but post race at Monza, everyone's body language, especially Todt and MS, tells a different story.

from what i know, MS made a decision to retire at the Bahrain GP. he spoke to Todt about this, the 1st person at Ferrari. Todt asked him to take his time on this.

then, MS made his final decision at the US GP, and he told Massa about and then the whole team, and asked them to keep it a secret.

i think he didn't want to announce early, because, it'll put more pressure on him to win the title that season. imagine if after Brazil, whether he won the title or not at the post race press conference, he announces his retirement....

but having said that, the truth will come out in the next few years at least.

hope u have a good new year Ron.

 

I wish he would race at Le Mans...especially in a Ferrari LMP. A bit of a pipe dream, so I'll settle for an F430 GT.

 

ferrari ain't such a bad place to be.

 

I'll have to agree with Brian on this one. Watching the post race at Monza felt a bit uncomfortable with the way everyone was acting. While I'm not going to hold a grudge and say MS should still be racing for the team and blah blah blah, I do think that he was forced to make his decision a bit earlier than he would have liked to. I'm sure there aren't many hard feelings harbored, but I think he would have liked to be able to wait until the end of the season to make any sort of career announcement.

Gosh this brings back memories of the last few races of 06' and the catastrophic engine disaster in Japan that pretty much ended his title shot, which honestly I think he would have won had that not happened.

 

The king is dead!

Long live the king!

(next!)

 

+1,400,000,000. That's the best guess as to how much he has made as a driver so far. Not a bad life's work. He may well be the best we will ever see and his team building capabilities are second to none. His history in F1 proves it.

 

No where, no how can that be proven.

"was seriously considering retirement" "request of wife and father" "Schumacher wanted to wait until" "Michael figured if" "he would race another year or two."

You're telling a story bro.

So MS was forced out? The media covered this for awhile, MS was to leave to make way for Kimi... That's what happened? But you claim there were different motivations behind all of it, but the exact same result occurred? Too far fetched for me.

Perhaps, perhaps.

Of course there's logic to it. Kimi was coming and as it was stated many times, Michael took issue with certain drivers being his team mate. Luca seemed to be overjoyed with Kimi, so if Kimi were to be at Ferrari, Michael would have to leave.

Tell me that didn't happen....

 

So it couldn't have happened because you don't want to believe it could? Then you follow up with calling me illogical? Seek help man.

Consider the 12 months? OK, Kimi replaced Michael and the team is/ was broken up as per what I read for a year straight. Hummm.

Uh bro, MS is a test driver and doesn't score points, "he left" means now and has always meant "he left the drivers seat" <<< that was his job and now it isn't. How can it be clearer? He retired... he left his job. How many ways can it be said?

"so it appears you may have witnessed" "All was forgiven" "there was no interest on Michaels part" "Money didn't matter" "his relationship with Ferrari which includes the top boss Luca, Todt" "meant more than money"<<< Again you're weaving a story based on your perceptions of events. Anyone can do that and call it fact.

Yeah, whenever anyone in a high profile situation gets canned or pushed out or leaves because they're unhappy, they usually spin a pleasant story. More time with family, other things to do in life, I've done all I could accomplish etc... These are common statements, I wouldn't expect MS to bash anyone from Ferrari.

And don't get me wrong I didn't say Luca wanted MS in the poor house or humiliated I just said he was forced out. A set of circumstances arose MS had his feet planted in the same position they've always been in and about one of two situations came to light that could force a hand or a decision out of him and he folded. No shame, no hatred, just business... as you said.

Uhh, the story for quite awhile was ""Kimi is heading to Ferrari and Michael doesn't want to share the number 1 with another top driver what will happen???""

So what did happen? Michael gone, Luca overjoyed at Kimi's arrival and Todt a little pissy.

Michael Schumacher never ran the Ferrari team, he had his input and clout but never could make any decision he wanted. So ego means very little. And like I mentioned above, I doubt there was a screaming match or angry answering machine messages, just a fork in the road. I also didn't say he was insulted. I think you're adding that to make it sound like there was a huge rift {which I never said}.

Why would MS jump to another seat? He lost two years in a row to Alonso and he always said when a younger driver consistently beat him, he would retire. Which is what he did. He also said many years ago and several times since that he would retire from Ferrari, not any other team and Ferrari would be the final team he would race for. Which is what happened.

Yeah MS can still race a car but so could Ide. It doesn't mean they will win a Championship or even finish in the top four.

I would have loved for MS to race another 7 or 8 years, he has been my favorite driver for over a decade, I don't care if he races until he's 45 and only can manage 30 points a year, seeing him drive was my F1 experience. Now that he retired {along with the scandals} I've lost quite a bit of interest in F1.

"He retired becaused he felt it was time" Yes, as I mentioned above he's always lined out what would make him retire and in the last couple of years, he was slow {his fault or not}, he got older and from what I know he didn't change his mind about sharing the number 1 spot. All 3 could have been a factor or it could have come down to one factor we don't know about but I do believe there was pressure for him to either share the ride or take a walk into the sunset. Again, I didn't ever say he and Luca didn't get along those are your words.

So you believe that it was just chance that MS didn't have a number 1 partner for 10 years? Again, there are doctors who can help you find the way back to sanity.

You can tell me time and time again what you think he was thinking but that doesn't hold even the smallest of salt grains. I can tell you "MS had a brain tumor in China and he was afraid for his life and had to retire to fight the tumor". It doesn't make it true but I could still try and support it.

FYI, You're not the only one who's 6 degrees from Keven Bacon. Name dropping only impresses soccer moms and little kids, sorry.

 

Ultimately what does it matter? Obviously they have gotten over their differences. MS is still at Ferrari and they are better off for it. I am with Neil on one thing though, MS not driving anymore in F1 sure has changed the feel of it for me. With him driving you had the perception that anything could happen for him to pull it out for a win. Alas there is no one today I feel the same about. Certainly not from the wiener FA.

 

I tend to agree; however, I think Kimi really pulled through and stayed consistent and was able to win WDC when a few races from the end it look impossible. A few missteps from LH didn't hurt.

 

This should prove they got over their differences. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqAmZMV3CcA&feature=related

 

So if he wanted to Bring Irvine back, he could have? Get real.

 

Yeah your 6 degrees from someone's second cousins' mailman who once saw someone who looked like etc = Very reliable and credible.

You can name drop until you're blue in the face but your comments aren't any more factual than mine.

As for not responding to your posts, as long as you keep spouting your "Look at me, I know the score" posts, I'll respond. This one is pretty tame though.

Go have dinner with whatever famous person you have plans with and report back all the juicy details.

And I was being sarcastic with the "Bro" and "dude", I was playing down the idea of you being between a grade A name dropper and a liar. And I doubt you could ever be a brother to anyone. Day in and day out with you growing up? Yikes, now that's scary.

 

great vid...