skgoa wrote:Actually, it was rather obvious to me that he had lost that special "hunger" for success, that had made him train and test more and harder than anyone else during his first career. (I believe Eddie Jordan once said that he and Frentzen had the same amount of talent, but Schumacher just worked that much harder.) Driving an F1 car on the edge takes guts, trust in the car and the willingness to crash - and I just don't see that in the way he drives anymore. Or at least at the beginning of his comeback. By last year's season he had improved a lot, and he clearly benefits massively from his natural talent and his experience, but he still seems unable to throw caution to the wind and just put out that one quali lap.
Hopefully they have a car that can win races this year, since every time he actually had something to fight for, he showed great performance. (While Rosberg seems to just be consistently mediocre, tbh.)
Strongly disagree with this when you say that he lost that special 'hunger', The second schumacher lost that hunger in his first career he stepped away from ferrari when he was still capable of winning races and even championships if he had continued for more seasons. Michael Schumacher doesn't ever like to loose whether he is 23 or 43 so him coping to compete in a 4th best car for two seasons is enough to show that he has that special hunger for success, and if he is willing to be committed to a long term plan at in his 40's then he must be more hungry than ever before to be back jumping on that top step of the podium.
Schumi fought his way to 5th from last at spa, In difficult wet conditions he was catching the 'unstoppable vettel' (remember that the rain always is a car equalizer in terms of performance if you know what i mean) and he was on it and his incredible car control showed he had not lost his driving ability to the extent people said he has. Hell he even went air bourne when he crashed into the back of Perez because at singapore so you questioning his willingness to crash was pretty invalid also. Schumi always had his car set to a race setup so even if he was pushing like a mad person in quali he would always be slower than rosberg who chose to have a setup which leaned more towards quali and his willingness to keep his quali place through a race (Not taking anything away from Rosberg because it is a fact that he is one hell of an excellent qualifier and good at warming up tires for that one hot lap). And as far as his gym work is concerned Martin Brundle last season mentioned that Schumi is a beast in a gym still lifting more and working out more than any other formula one driver. And if he could test more .. Schumi would of been at one with the tires right now and his development in performance would of been that much more faster
I agree with your last point though that if this years wo3 is a winner and Michael has the possibility to be where he wants, I think we will see him at his best (hopefully more shades of his first career)
Very sorry for the rant but had to clear up a few points there
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