The end of an era

This is a sad day indeed for me. Micheal Schumacher has declared that he would be retiring from the sport at the end of this year. MS is a polarising sportsman. You either love him or hate him. And both these perspectives are something I can relate to. But what I cannot understand, even tolerate, is people calling him a nobody. 90 race wins (so far) and 7 (I hope 8) world championships is not a record that will be toppled too soon. Yes, he has courted controversy in Australia in 1994, in Jerez in 1997, in Austria in 2001 and in Monza this year BUT that does not take away from him all the other victories and championships.He has been a force in Formula 1 from 1991, when he entered to date and I can recall no other champion who has dominated a sport for so long so consistently (Bradman may have come close and Federer may too but the timespan is just amazing with MS)

Apart from that, his dedication and committment to Ferrari in itself show his competitive and loyal nature. He stuck with Ferrari through better and worse. Scumi has had a massive role to play in the rejuvination of the Maranello brand. And now that it is known that his decision was made in Indy, I am pretty sure that the fight back from Ferrari this year has a lot to do with the emotional charge that this bullet lit.

Through the rest of the season, I wish Schumacher tremendous luck and hope that he retires on a winning note.

Schumi and Kimi or Schumi retiring?

At this point, it looks to me like Schumi is going to retire. With Renault announcing their driver line up and Kimi not likely t go with Mclaren, it looks more and more like Schumi is set to retire. Kimi will then take his seat at Ferrari. However, I would very much love to see Kimi and Schumi racing side by side next year. Also, if Schumi decides to stay on and Kimi goes to Mclaren, then it is certainly a winning season for Schumi with Alonso and Kimi going out every other race with the stunnung reliability of Mclaren.

I used to like Alonso a lot earlier. Nowadays, I find him too loud and unnecessarily rude to his team and teammate. They have given him a lot and he pays back by saying that they have done nothing for him. I think he is gonna know soon what nothing means once he gets into Mclaren and their car starts failing in all races again next year. It has sort of become a tradition for Mclaren cars to fail every year in the first few races. Happened to Hakinnen, then Raikonnen and will happen to Alonso (i hope). Wat say guys?

Schumi seems to be messing up a bit recently. Hope that he gets back to his brilliant and strategically strong self to win this one and makes it a swansong contribution. There have been many rumours about him, Kimi and Massa but I think he should win and retire. That way Kimi comes to Ferrari and they stay strong.

My first blog on Formula1. Its pretty late in the season to start one but neways. Heres a beginning and to hoping that I continue