Give me a break ----- Schumi ????

My favourite grouse.... Schumi... don't know why, but i just can't stand the guy... its not totally rational, but there is is !

Why the sudden outburst ??? well my favourite part of the year is upon us and there was the Bombay times doing a headline piece on how we will miss schumi this year and maybe formula 1 will be boring! Its strange but you can easily spot a pseudo fan , people who follow F1 coz maybe they think its HIP !! Chances are that 95% percent of these people will be Ferrari and Schumi fans. Its just the way it is in general to follow people who win , but at least get your facts right, get some idea on how the sport works before you go mouthing of as an expert.

well this really has me steaming. NO schumi .. bring on the champagne i say. Lets face it when we talk about the pinnacle of racing we are talking abt a few tenths or a few hundereds of a second. Lets not forget there are some really talented blokes burning rubber out there. Give most of these folks the fastest car out there and chances are they would find their way to the top step of the podium ( Great case in point is Massa, and even Reubens paced Schumi quite often). So for all you ignorant dudes out there (the person who thought up the headline) read my lips - "No Schumi , NO problem". Let the racing begin and i for one can't wait. The possibilities are endless and most entcicing ! Fernando Alonso in a Mac (Don't particularly like Alonso after last year, love the Macs) . Kimi in the scarlet! the rookies and the sophomores Kubica, Hamilton, Nico , Kovalainen. Its probably the most talented and most exciting new class of drivers in the top flight in recent memory. If anything Schumi has held so many promising drivers back , and kudos to ferrari for getting him to leave when they did.

Now there is no disputing that schumi was one of the greats the sport produced, no one was more focused and had the win at all costs mentality than him, the master of the in and out laps, but his time was up. Lets not forget this sport has survived the end of Senna & Prost. Senna's death and a whole lot retirements . Remember there are a 100 more great drivers waiting for their opportunity. So having Schumi out there was great, but the new generation has staked its claim and so lets hang around for the rise i am sure we will not be disappointed!!!

Gentlemen Start your engines !!!!