The Red Baron Is No More, Will the Silver Knight Rise Again?

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Published: April 9, 2010

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Michael Schumacher is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, driver ever in motorsport history.

He is a former seven-time World Champion and holds every record possible. But a lot of things have changed in the sport since the time he left in 2006 to what it is now.

Three years may not be a long enough span in other sports but in F1 lots of things have changed. Apart from the rules and regulations, four teams, namely Honda, Toyota, MF1, and Super Aguri do not exist anymore, while BMW has left Sauber and Renault is not in control of its own team.

Kimi Räikkönen, the man who was hastily pulled in as a replacement for Schumacher, managed to have a stellar season during his debut for Ferrari and erased the image of Schumacher for a while after a stunning victory at the Brazilian GP to snatch the titles from the McLaren duo of Alonso and Hamilton.

This was to lead another golden era for the team but then Kimi started to fade and he became very erratic. Kimi had way too many ups and downs that his teammate Massa, who was expected to be the second driver, rose up for the challenge and fought hard for the Championship during the 2008 season and ended up losing it by a point to Hamilton, despite winning more races through the season.

2009 is a year which Ferrari should forget—they had their worst ever showing since the Schumacher era—but Massa’s accident nearly made Schumacher make his comeback for the Ferrari team.

But his neck was not yet healed and instead longtime test driver Luca Badoer was Massa’s replacement, while after just two races he himself was replaced by fellow Italian Giancarlo Fisichella who’s long dream of racing for the Scuderia was fulfilled.

Brawn and Jenson Button managed to win both the titles and for a while there was talk of both Nico Rosberg and Nick Heidfeld linked with both McLaren and Brawn. But with the exit of manufactu...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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