Yeah, he is THAT good, i guess

[slngsht]

I often wondered how Schumacher would do head to head against guys like Senna and Gilles...

 

THIS, I find pretty amazing

 

Bike Race

[Mondo]

I give him respect because bikes (at least in the stock class he was in) don't have traction control, anti-lock brakes and god knows what other driver aides F1 had when he raced.

This F1 season should be interesting without that stuff.

[BobDrye]

I think this kind of explains why he is faster.

 

 

 

[Stokked]

I remember watching Spain 1994 -- that's when I realized M. Schumacher had special skills. He was stuck in 5th gear for a good share of the race, but adjusted his driving to the car and finished in 2nd. This clip is pretty short, but I clearly remember watching the telemetry from the on board and could not believe what he was doing with one gear.

 

[stevet]

I spent a day with a crew filming him at Maranello back in around 99 I think. The Ferrari team practiced all day with Shumi and Eddie Ervine driving. Shumi was focussed all day (but quite approachable over lunch) and his times just kept coming down and coming down. Ervive was all over the place - he gets bored easily - and spent half the day trying to chat up one of our producers. Shumi finished the day with a power slide that seemed to go on almost the full length of the straight - I'm told that's not easy in an F1 car. Quite a driver.