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Mark Webber has stated that he has lost respect for Michael Schumacher following the incident during the Monaco weekend. He was quoted as saying

"I had huge respect for him."

"He is a phenomenal driver but I have lost a huge amount of respect.

"I want to hear from him what he was doing and whatever it was, it was an insult to the rest of us.

"To any fellow professionals this was blatant, go-kart track stuff."

It seems to be me that MS has lost more than he gained out of his "mistake". Let's hope that we don't see more of this type of behaviour from such a talented driver.

jacfan wrote:Mark Webber has stated that he has lost respect for Michael Schumacher following the incident during the Monaco weekend. He was quoted as saying

"I had huge respect for him."

"He is a phenomenal driver but I have lost a huge amount of respect.

"I want to hear from him what he was doing and whatever it was, it was an insult to the rest of us.

"To any fellow professionals this was blatant, go-kart track stuff."

It seems to be me that MS has lost more than he gained out of his "mistake". Let's hope that we don't see more of this type of behaviour from such a talented driver.

Yeah right!!!

It has been 11 years since the controversial move in front of Damon Hill to win his first championship [1994] and 9 years since he blatantly drove into the side of Jacques Villeneuve [1997]!!! This is a strange character flaw in Schumacher. His desire to win clouds his brain when he is face directly with a straight up challenge. It is kind of like Mike Tyson after Buster Douglas knocked him out. Mike was still as good a fighter, but his mental advantage was gone along with the intimidation factor. This is what is happening to Michael Schumacher. His brain short circuits when he realizes that he is about to get beat.

Well, thats very simply wrong.

MICHAEL has been beaten umpteen times and he has proven to be one of the fairest losers having nice things to say about his opposition. If his comments on other drivers ability had been recorded he would lead this positive statistic by a much wider margin than those incidents which should be viewed in a differentiated way. Adelaide 94 was totally ok as it was DAMONs error not to wait for a lap or 2 and that WDC would have been gifted to him rather than deserved after MICHAEL was robbed a mere 30 points. Jerez was a 50% cause as JAQUES pulled off an unlikely move half on the grass. Monaco was pretty strange but as has been said, MICHAEL got his penalty, possibly losing WDC 2006.

What would F1 be without him today? FERNANDO could already lift the WDC trophy after Indy with no other competition from neither KIMI nor someone else. MICHAELs fierce competitiveness is something to saviour, at least to me as a fan of F1...

F1greyhound wrote: Adelaide 94 was totally ok as it was DAMONs error not to wait for a lap or 2 and that WDC would have been gifted to him rather than deserved after MICHAEL was robbed a mere 30 points. ...

I wish I didn't have to say this.....Michael is a cheating weasel and 94 was such a blatant exhibition of bad sportsmanship it defies all my faculties of comprehension as to how you can see it as anything other than a stain upon the honour of motorsport.

What would F1 be without him today?

I think it would still be F1 F1 continued after the loss of the great Ayrton Senna and it will continue well beyond the loss of Schumacher. One driver does not make the series.

I have to agree with Snowy.

Although MS is a great driver (I don't think anyone can deny that) as Ayrton was a great driver but sometimes they just think they are above the rules and this is why he has lost a lot of respect from his fellow drivers. I am sure if you were racing against him instead of just being a fan then you would be able to see things in a more realistic light.

I concurrently concur completely with the above two posts

F1greyhound wrote:Well, thats very simply wrong.

MICHAEL has been beaten umpteen times and he has proven to be one of the fairest losers having nice things to say about his opposition. If his comments on other drivers ability had been recorded he would lead this positive statistic by a much wider margin than those incidents which should be viewed in a differentiated way. Adelaide 94 was totally ok as it was DAMONs error not to wait for a lap or 2 and that WDC would have been gifted to him rather than deserved after MICHAEL was robbed a mere 30 points. Jerez was a 50% cause as JAQUES pulled off an unlikely move half on the grass. Monaco was pretty strange but as has been said, MICHAEL got his penalty, possibly losing WDC 2006.

What would F1 be without him today? FERNANDO could already lift the WDC trophy after Indy with no other competition from neither KIMI nor someone else. MICHAELs fierce competitiveness is something to saviour, at least to me as a fan of F1...

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jacfan wrote:

What would F1 be without him today?

I think it would still be F1 F1 continued after the loss of the great Ayrton Senna and it will continue well beyond the loss of Schumacher. One driver does not make the series.

I have to agree with Snowy.

Although MS is a great driver (I don't think anyone can deny that) as Ayrton was a great driver but sometimes they just think they are above the rules and this is why he has lost a lot of respect from his fellow drivers. I am sure if you were racing against him instead of just being a fan then you would be able to see things in a more realistic light.