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Originally Posted by Gertner
The car means ALOT more than the driver
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so why does Michael Schumacher make so much money?
If the car means so much more than the driver, why spend so much money on a driver when you could be spending that money on the car?
Why is Michael Schumacher more of a celebrity than Ross Braun?
face facts: Michael Schumacher has won races for every team he has been on. He's won championships in karting, Formula Ford (winning 9 out of ten races in his first year) Formula Three, and Formula One. The
very first time he went onto the track in a professional event he qualified in seventh place in a Jordan, at a point where Jordan counted their lucky stars if they made it above tenth. To put this in perspective, the other Jordan in the race qualified eleventh. In the previous race the Jordans qualified at eleventh and seventeeth respectively. He gained championship points on his second ever formula 1 race. He's won races in crappy cars, cars from the previous year, cars that flat out didn't work.
It's insane to suggest that the human element in Formula 1 is minimal. Saying it forcefully doesn't make it any more true. The driver is a part of a team, granted, and no driver has ever claimed that they team doesn't come into play in their successes. Schumacher is above all a company man. He talks about himself as a member of the Ferarri team. THat said, he is the member of the team who is in control during the race. He puts his body on the line in a tremendous display of skill and ability. For you to say he's not an athlete is deeply insulting.