Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher if Senna hadn't been killed

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  1. f1mad's Avatar
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    Re: Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher if Senna hadn't been killed
    Also what is this race ban you speak of? I can't find it .
    Last edited by f1mad; 04-02-2012 at 23:34.
  2. Kenan and Kel's Avatar
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    Re: Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher if Senna hadn't been killed
    Senna
    His style was impetuous
    His defence was impregnable
    He's just ferocious
  3. GunnerBill's Avatar
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    Re: Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher if Senna hadn't been killed
    Senna.

    Always Senna.
  4. f1mad's Avatar
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    Re: Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher if Senna hadn't been killed
    (Original post by f1mad)
    This isn't about moral high ground- I've said this already:

    "He is a gentleman but not as much as you guys are making out". You went on like he never got himself into any silly incidents :rolleyes:.
    Lol who negged me? Why don't you debate what I'm saying rather than doing a stupid neg and hiding away?
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    Re: Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher if Senna hadn't been killed
    Comon senna was good. But people was not saying back when he was alive that he was the greatest driver of all time. Only started saying that when he died.

    He did have some amazing drives e.g. overtaking 5 cars on the first lap in the rain. He also had the human side of things where someone crashed their car and he stopped and got out his car to check make sure he was ok half way through a race. (racing drivers dont do that these days)

    Schumacher on the other hand has achived a lot more... You can say if senna was still around blah blah blah but he was not. look at canada this year. no where near the best car on the track, the rain come down and the quality driver rose to up. He overtook everyone and was in second for part of the race, overtaking two cars on one corner. That is what you call the best of all time. When things go bad for you all season, then a oportunity comes up, you take it with both hands. That is exactly what he did in that situation and so many others.
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    Re: Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher if Senna hadn't been killed
    Senna was a fantastic driver, but his peak was 1988-1991, before and after that he was a bit more variable. Schumacher was already reaching his peak by 1994, and won each of Senna's last three races. Schumacher then kept that standard for 10 years, which there's no reason to suggest he wouldn't have done had Senna lived.
  7. f1mad's Avatar
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    Re: Ayrton Senna vs Michael Schumacher if Senna hadn't been killed
    (Original post by Craig_D)
    Senna was a fantastic driver, but his peak was 1988-1991, before and after that he was a bit more variable. Schumacher was already reaching his peak by 1994, and won each of Senna's last three races. Schumacher then kept that standard for 10 years, which there's no reason to suggest he wouldn't have done had Senna lived.
    Exactly this.

    Too many people extrapolate by saying "oh he would've went to Ferrari...". They seem to forget Schumacher brought Brawn, Byrne and co over with him from Benetton.
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    Not to mention that Benneton was running illegal software that year too.
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