The thing is, there are many who don't think Schumacher really deserves the "great" title that much either (don't get me wrong, he's clearly a talented driver). Instead, he just hit the sport at a time when there weren't that many great drivers (at least after 94), and got lucky with cars.banibhusan wrote:Schumacher also had the same luck, he also made some terrible mistakes and the Ferrari in that also dominated for most of the time. Yet I wonder why he is considered as one of the greatest and Vettel isn't. At least Vettel hasn't done a 1994 or 1997 and yet managed to win 3 WDC on the trot.taperoo2k wrote: He's a talented driver, but to say he's the greatest ever because he's won 3 World Championships on the trot and maybe 4 ? That's ignores the luck he's had and the many mistakes he's made and the absolute dominance of Red Bull. I want to see him face Alonso and co in cars that are of a similar performance and then we'll find out how good he is.
Basically, the greatest talents that Schumacher faced were Senna (who probably would have beaten him several more times, given the performance of the williams in subsequent years), Hakinnen (who beat him as often as got beaten), and well... no one else really very talented after 1994. Add to that the the Ferrari was the bomb between 2000 and 2005 and he pretty much had everything sewn up before he even started.
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